Category: Projects

Vacancy: Training facilitation on Monitoring Media Content for AI and Technology Facilitated Gender Based Violence (TF-GBV)

Organization: African Women in Media (AWiM)    Location: Remote   Language: English  About AWiM  African Women in the Media is an international non-governmental organization with the aim to positively impact the way media functions in relation to African women. Our members are African women from a diverse range of media backgrounds. Our vision is that one-day African women will have equal access to […]

Call for Pitches: Reporting Migration and Free Movement in Africa with a Gender Lens 

Are you a woman and a journalist passionate about underreported stories? Do you have a compelling story idea on migration and free movement in Africa that highlights women’s experiences? African Women in Media (AWiM) invites skilled women journalists across Africa to pitch long-form, multimedia stories for our Editorial Fellowship on Gendered Migration Reporting.  About the […]

Vacancy: Project Research Consultant- AI, Newsrooms and African Women Journalists 

Organization: African Women in Media (AWiM)  Location: Remote               About African Women in Media (AWiM)    Contract Term:   African Women in the Media is an international non-governmental organization with the aim to positively impact the way media functions in relation to African women. Our members are African women from a diverse range of media backgrounds. Our vision is that one-day African women […]

Poste vacant : Consultant(e) en formation et développement de contenu sur le reportage des violences faites aux femmes et aux filles (VFFF) 

Organisation : African Women in Media (AWiM)  Lieu : Télétravail  Langue : Français (principal) et Anglais  African Women in the Media est une organisation non gouvernementale internationale visant à avoir un impact positif sur la manière dont les médias fonctionnent en relation avec les femmes africaines. Nos membres sont des femmes africaines issues de divers […]

Ethical Reporting of Violence Against Women and Girls

This course explores the underlying complexities that journalists may face when covering complex news stories. Reporting on issues such as sexual violence is a skill that is often glossed over in journalists’ education. Combining theory and practice, this course will correct this oversight and give journalists the expertise and understanding to report on these subjects […]

AWiM/FOJO Graduate Program

AWiM Fojo Graduate Program  Background African Women in Media in partnership with Fojo Medda Institute is proud to be implementing a graduate program aimed at nurturing journalism graduates in reporting women’s rights and media in Africa. According to a recent study done by the Fojo Media Institute (Fojo) and African Women in Media (AWiM), equal […]

UNEP-AWiM Environmental Journalism in Africa

UNEP-AWiM ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM MEDIA CAMPAIGN Background Environmental issues, and especially their gendered perspectives, are still widely underreported in Africa. Some of the gaps for many journalists include; the availability of resources and opportunities to carry out deep investigative work, the lack of skill and knowledge to report competently on environmental issues and access to data […]

AWiM Pitch Zone Awards

Overview of the Pitch Zone Awards The Pitch Zone awards is a way for journalists to pitch for stories and get funding for these stories. The awards give journalists the opportunity to send in written pitches and defend those stories during a live pitch event in front of the judges for a chance at getting […]

AWiM Photojournalism Project

Overview of project The Agenda 2063 Africa Photojournalism Project, in line with both Africa’s Development Strategy Agenda 2063 and the African Union 2021 Theme “Arts, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Work” aimed to inspire photojournalists from all across the continent to share powerful images telling Africa’s story from an African perspective […]

AWiM Labour Migration Reporting Awards

Overview of the awards and training This project aimed to establish a network of media professionals covering labour and migration in Africa. To achieve this, the project developed a media award, an online training and resource hub and a research project into the lived experiences of African women journalists covering Labour Migration in Africa. This […]