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#AWiM24 APPEL À COMMUNICATIONS

CONFERENCE “AFRICAN WOMEN IN MEDIA 2024” (AWIM24) DAKAR, SÉNÉGAL THÈME : MÉDIAS ET DURABILITÉ African Women in Media (AWiM24) lance un appel Ă  communications de la part de professionnels des mĂ©dias, universitaires, membres de la sociĂ©tĂ© civile et acteurs politiques, sur le thĂšme “MĂ©dias et DurabilitĂ©” sous diffĂ©rentes perspectives.   La confĂ©rence AWiM24 aborde la question […]

AWiM24 Conference Call for Papers

Call for Papers African Women in Media 2024 (AWiM24) Conference Dakar, Senegal Theme: Media and Sustainability African Women in Media is pleased to partner with Article 19 Senegal as our country host partner for the 8th annual conference, African Women in Media 2024 #AWiM24 African Women in Media is calling for abstract submissions from media practitioners, academics, civil society, […]

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DR. YEMISI AKINBOBOLA

C.E.O & Co-founder, AWiM

Dr Yemisi Akinbobola is an award-winning journalist, academic, consultant and co-founder of African Women in Media (AWiM). AWiM’s vision is that one-day African women will have equal access to representation in media. Joint winner of the CNN African Journalist Award 2016 (Sports Reporting), Yemisi ran her news website IQ4News between 2010-14.
Yemisi holds a PhD in Media and Cultural Studies from Birmingham City University, where she is a Senior Lecturer. She has published scholarly research on women’s rights, African feminism, and journalism and digital public spheres. She was Editorial Consultant for the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 commemorative book titled “She Stands for Peace: 20 Years, 20 Journeys”, and currently hosts the book’s podcast.
She speaks regularly on issues relating to gender and media. In 2021 she was recognized as one of 100 Most Influential African Women.

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