View on Zencastr Phathiswa Magopeni is a South African-born media personality, and former Head of News and Current Affairs at the South African Broadcasting Corporation. She currently sits on the Board of Directors for the SABC. Phathiswa, in episode 25 of Her Media Diary Podcast opens up about her early life, the challenges she…
“We get scared each time we come across them on the way to the farm. If we talk, they will bring out a cutlass…, “ Mrs Ayankanmi, an aged widow farmer in her mid-70s with a face deeply etched with the lines of time, told this journalist during a recent visit to Kedo Salami, a…
View on Zencastr Eugenia Abu is a distinguished broadcaster, author, media consultant, and one of Nigeria’s finest broadcasters and compères renowned for anchoring the 9:00 pm news on the Nigerian Television Authority for seventeen years. In episode 24 of Her Media Diary podcast, Dr Yemisi Akinbobola had the honour of speaking with Eugenia Abu, a…
View on Zencastr Kim Fox is a professor of practice in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication (JRMC) at The American University in Cairo (AUC) Egypt. She primarily teaches Audio Production and other journalism courses, and her research interests include Podcasting, Audio, Radio, Media Representation, Teaching with Technology, and Social Media. Professor Fox in…
View on Zencastr The 22nd episode of Her Media Diary podcast features Dr Sarah Macharia, a gender equality champion and the global coordinator of the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP). In the podcast session, she unpacks the slow pace of change despite extensive gender advocacy and training efforts and the need to embrace incremental progress….
View on Zencastr For Her Media Diary, Episode 21, Dr Yemisi Akinbobola chatted with Professor Nancy Booker, the Associate Professor and the Dean at the Graduate School of Media and Communications, The Aga Khan University, Kenya. Sharing important insights, Prof Booker emphasises the importance of culturally relevant mentorship, male presence in their children’s lives, and…
View on Zencastr For our recent Her Media Diary Podcast, Episode 20, Dr Yemisi Akinbobola, the co-founder of AWiM, had an insightful conversation with gender and discourse studies scholar Prof. Lilian Lem Atanga. Professor Atanga, whose research interests lie at the intersection of language, gender, politics, and the media in African contexts, is an Associate Professor…
View on Zencastr Comfort Mussa is a prolific, multi-award-winning Cameroonian journalist with over 15 years of experience covering underreported stories, with a special focus on issues affecting women and girls. Comfort’s story speaks to all women out there who experience any form of chastisement for speaking up for themselves and refusing to conform to social…
The lack of trust in constituted authorities, a culture of silence, and an underfunded law enforcement system continue to undermine efforts aiming to bring an end to the under-reported issue of non-physical violence. In this report, FRANSISCA OGAR, ANIBE IDAJILI, JULIET BUNA, MELONY ISHOLA and NCHETACHI CHUKWUAJAH assessed the extent to which these constraints are…
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…
View on Zencastr Annonciata Byukusenge is a multimedia journalist with 12 years of experience. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Communication from the University of Rwanda and a certificate in Media Management from Women in News. She has worked with a number of media houses and NGOs including rwandanews24 and theforefrontmagazine. In this episode, Annonciata talks about her…
The African Women in Media (AWiM) seventh annual conference opened in Rwanda’s capital Kigali on Thursday morning to address gender violence and media. With the theme “Media and Gender Violence”, this year conference focused on the need to unite and set the bar higher in the media’s commitment to address how its reports gender-based violence…
