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The Addressing Online GBV and Digital Safety Community focuses on practical and collaborative approaches to countering technology-facilitated abuse against women journalists and human rights defenders. It brings together technologists, women-led organizations, media professionals, and policymakers to develop and test accessible digital safety tools and training guides. Its roadmap prioritizes survivor-centred policies in newsrooms, ethical AI practices, and stronger mechanisms for reporting and redress. Emerging from multilingual (English and French) discussions, this Pan-African Community continues to share knowledge and co-create resources that advance a safer and more inclusive digital environment for women in media.
Note: This resource package is currently under review and will be updated as new materials are finalized.
A set of guides and templates that support newsrooms and advocates in strengthening online safety protocols and survivor-centred responses.
Link to be confirmed or Access under development
Note: This resource package is currently under review and will be updated as new materials are finalized.
Policy and practice guidelines linking digital safety work to the AU CEVAWG Declaration and the Kigali Declaration frameworks.
Link to be confirmed or Access under development
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 an Associate Professor of Women’s Rights and Media Development. 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.
