Vacancy: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Officer (Short-term contract)

Organization: African Women in Media (AWiM)  Location: Remote Deadline: 31 May           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 […]

Vacancy: Project Research Consultant- Policy Frameworks for Reporting Violence Against Women & Girls and Toolkit Development. 

Organization: African Women in Media (AWiM)  Location: Remote (Nigeria) Deadline: 31 May           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 […]

Impact of COVID19 on East African Women Journalists

This study was supported by UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication. Executive Summary The threat posed by coronavirus has propelled journalists to the frontline as information purveyors to a world struggling to come to terms with the pandemic and its effects. Despite their central role in this period, reporters, editors, and other media workers […]

Vacancy, Research Consultant

Deadline:  18th September 2020 Download Job Advert: Research Consultant About African Women in Media (AWiM)  African Women in the Media started as a Facebook group in August 2016 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. […]

SEFUNMI OGUNLADE

Accounting Officer

Ogunlade Oluwasefunmi is an experienced accounting professional with over two years of service at AWIM, where she currently works as an Account Officer II. She holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Banking and Finance and possesses professional proficiency certifications from the Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered). 

She is skilled in financial reporting, account reconciliation, and maintaining accurate financial records. Ogunlade Oluwasefunmi Elizabeth is also proficient in modern accounting techniques and remains committed to integrity, efficiency, and supporting sound financial management within the organization.

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 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.