Vacancy: Project Research Consultant- Violence against Women Girls in and through the Media.  

Organization: African Women in Media (AWiM)  Location: Remote               Contract Term: 2 May- 30 September 2024   About African Women in Media (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 […]

Vacancy: Project Support Personnel  

Organization: African Women in Media (AWiM)  Start Date: 01 May 2024   Position Type: Fixed Term (May – December 2024)   Language Requirement: French & English   Location: Remote   ABOUT AFRICA WOMEN IN MEDIA (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 […]

VACANCY: CHIEF EDITOR

TITLE: Chief Editor SITE: Nigeria (Remote) SALARY: N550,000 (Nigerian Naira) /PCM ANNUAL LEAVE: 20 days per annum (excl. Public Holidays) as per contract REPORTING TO: Chief Executive Officer & Chief Operating Officer Overview The Chief Editor at AWiMNews is a leadership position responsible for ensuring the overall quality, accuracy, and integrity of the organisation’s news content. […]

AWiM Online Magazine

The Publishers’ Perspectives Over the last few years, African Women in Media has engaged in various work that led us to focus the AWiM23 conference theme on ‘Media and Gender Violence’. Firstly, a joint Fojo Media Institute/AWiM research into the barriers women journalists face in sub-Saharan Africa found sexual harassment to be the second-most shared […]

PRESS RELEASE: Kigali Declaration Adopted at AWiM23

5 December 2023   Kigali, Rwanda   The Kigali Declaration on Gender Violence in and through the Media    On 1 December, a declaration on media and gender violence was adopted at the African Women in Media Conference (AWiM23). The Declaration addresses both representation of gender-based violence (GBV) in news media content and news media organisations.   It acknowledges […]

Vacancy: Training and course development consultant on Developing and implementing gender responsive policies in media organisations

Organization: African Women in Media (AWiM)  Location: Remote (Nigeria) About African Women in Media (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 […]

Vacancy: Media Training Consultant

Posting title: Media Training Consultant Organization: African Women in Media (AWiM)  Location: Nairobi  Position type: Contract (April- June 2022) Start Date: Immediately About African Women in Media (AWiM)  African Women in the Media is an international non-governmental organisation with the aim to positively impact the way media functions in relation to African women. Our members are African women from […]

Vacancy: Project Assistant

PROJECT ASSISTANT Start Date: April 04, 2022 Position Type: Fixed Term (April – November 2022) ABOUT THE AFRICA WOMEN IN MEDIA (AWiM) African Women in the Media (AWiM) is a network for African women working in media industries anywhere globally. We aim to impact positively the way media functions in relation to women, and our […]

Vacancy: Training Consultant Reporting on the gendered perspectives of environmental issues

Organization: African Women in Media (AWiM)   Location: Home Based   Position type: Contract (Jan- Feb 2022)  Start Date: Immediately  About African Women in Media (AWiM)   African Women in the Media is an international nongovernmental organisation 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 […]

Apply: Editor and Project Manager, Africa Environmental Journalism Program

Editor and Project Manager, Africa Environmental Journalism Programme Start Date: Immediate Start Position Type: Fixed Term (January-June 2022) ABOUT THE AFRICA WOMEN IN MEDIA (AWiM)   African Women in the Media (AWiM) is a network for African women working in media industries anywhere globally. We aim to impact the way media functions positively to women, and our vision is that one […]

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.