PROFILE AND BRIEF HISTORY

Since the absence of the central government of Somalia for the past twenty two years, the country has been a fragmented nation, confronted with political division and inter-clan fighting, women and children are/were among the most vulnerable victims of this condition, and their survival, care, protection, development and participation have violated. Therefore, there is a necessary need to support women and children as vulnerable groups to be out of this plight, through the provision of media and journalism, by acting their advocacy and launch support votes of mobilizing campaigns guide-lining gender journalists’ rights, education, health services and development as a matter of great importance. Women journalists had no role as the social and Somali culture used to, so in order to rise up the role of Somali journalists could have as women gende, In the field of media such radios, televisions, journals, newspapers, websites, editors, photographers, camera-men, directors, designers were mostly male gender. also the establishment of the Somali Women Journalists is came after increased number of women journalists joining in Journalism field a day after a day, therefore, there were. necessary needs to associate one center that is managing their situation during their work Somali Women Journalists is non-governmental, non-profit, purely Women Journalists organization and united with 215 women journalists those operate rural and urban areas in Somalia and also outside of the country. it was founded early on 2013 in Mogadishu in Benadir region. The Somali Women Journalist Organization is independently run by a volunteer board specialized JournalismSince the absence of the central government of Somalia for the past twenty two years, the country has been a fragmented nation, confronted with political division and inter-clan fighting, women and children are/were among the most vulnerable victims of this condition, and their survival, care, protection, development and participation have violated. Therefore, there is a necessary need to support women and children as vulnerable groups to be out of this plight, through the provision of media and journalism, by acting their advocacy and launch support votes of mobilizing campaigns guide-lining gender journalists’ rights, education, health services and development as a matter of great importance. Women journalists had no role as the social and Somali culture used to, so in order to rise up the role of Somali journalists could have as women gende, In the field of media such radios, televisions, journals, newspapers, websites, editors, photographers, camera-men, directors, designers were mostly male gender. also the establishment of the Somali Women Journalists is came after increased number of women journalists joining in Journalism field a day after a day, therefore, there were. necessary needs to associate one center that is managing their situation during their work Somali Women Journalists is non-governmental, non-profit, purely Women Journalists organization and united with 215 women journalists those operate rural and urban areas in Somalia and also outside of the country. it was founded early on 2013 in Mogadishu in Benadir region. The Somali Women Journalist Organization is independently run by a volunteer board specialized Journalism

OUR Mission

Promote a culture of peace and harmonious co-existence characterized by positive relationships between All the Somali Women Journalists living in the country and outside Somalia, and minimizing women illiteracy by spreading dissemination solutions to build the capacity of women journalists.

OUR VISION

To contribute to peace and security sustainability through the collection and dissemination of accurate, balanced and fair information on Somalia matters and rising up capacity of women journalists.

Objective

To rise up women journalists’ capacity, quality by focusing women role in media.

To provide capacity building trainings of upcoming generation of journalists with the lead of gender.

To encourage and foster informed discourse on Somali issue to the wider society and promote journalists’ freedom voice of real expression in Somalia.

To organize open dialogue among Somali journalists by encouraging gender equality in media authorities.

To deliver women journalists messages to all deferent sectors: traditional chiefs, elders, religious scholars, peace activists, social workers, decisionmakers, women, and intellectuals, Somalis Diaspora and international community.

Core Values

  • Integrity
  • Accountability
  • Accountability
  • Respect humanity
  • Impartiality
  • Flexibility
  • Transparency

Programs

  • Producing publication by mobilizing Somali people on conflict resolution and peace promotion.
  • Participating journalism network forums
  • Keeping the loss of Somali old literature, preparing, re-writing and updating it by adding it to Somali curriculum.
  • To increase women cultural in media and journalism by brain-storming workshops and awareness programs.
  • To assist women campaigns in administrative role in media and journalism by carrying out their educational and media sustainability.
  • o provide awareness programs on journalists’ rights, freedom of voices and pens, telling the reality when necessary and advocating women in general and women in media.
  • To prepare a center of Journalists Institute of Development, to become the start point of Somali women journalists development.
  • To organize capacity building workshops, trainings, seminars, conferences, forums on Journalism development subjects by collaborating international journalism institutions.
  • To support and express to the international community the real emergency responses and crises on violence against journalists.