Mogadishu, May 15, 2024 – Somali Mechanism for Safety of Journalists (SMSJ) network is strongly worried and concerned over the process that Somali federal government established the National Media Council that was completely against the media law of the country. The media council that was passed by the cabinet of Somalia on March 2024 is…
Somali Women Journalists Organization held remarkable events in Mogadishu and Beledweyn in Partnership with United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) to celebrate International Women’s Day. Media practitioners, government officials, and civil society representatives were among the attendees. Ari Gaitanis, UNSOM’s chief communications and spokesperson, congratulated female journalists on this special day in his opening…
13th November, 2023- Mogadishu, Somalia -Somalia Women Journalists Organization (SWJO) launches four months long comprehensive training on enhancing video editing and graphic design skills for 20 female journalists in partnership with US embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia. This training will upskill female journalists in the field with necessary skills and enable them to produce high-quality multimedia…
Mogadishu, Somalia- Somali Women Journalists’ organization in partnership with International Media Support (IMS) finishes a second phase of workshop on gender content balanced in Mogadishu, today. Media directors, Producers, reports from different media houses and independent content creators and journalists were among the attendees of this workshop. The two-day-workshop will address in-depth on the importance…
Wednesday, October 18, 2023. Mogadishu– Somali women journalists’ organization (SWJO) in partnership with International media support (IMS) holds gender declaration agreement’s review and update validation meeting with over 40 media houses representatives and Journalists (both male and female). This event follows after a consultation meeting with female journalists and a review and update session with…
13th June, 2023. Mogadishu, Somalia- Somali Women Journalist Organization holds a launching event to present Gender equality and media regulation Study, Somalia, today in Mogadishu. Media directors/ practitioners, civil society members and government officials were among the attendees. This study was developed under auspices of International media support (IMS) and Fojo media institute development programme…
Mogadishu, Somalia– Somali Women Journalists Organization’s Farhia Kheyre had a meeting with the speaker of the Somali parliament, Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur Madobe on Monday evening to discuss issue related the media law. Ms. Kheyre shared with the speaker that SWJO has conducted a numerous high level roundtable discussion across the country, in 2022, with…
Mogadishu, Somalia-Somalia Women Journalist Organisation (SWJO) launches today 9 days awareness raising campaign on destigmatising the image of women journalists, in partnership with International media support (IMS) and FOJO: Media Institute. The campaign starts with multidirectional roundtable discussion event–covering sexual harassment issues, representation of women in media as well as working conditions. Media directors, owners…
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA-23rd February, 2023- Somali journalist women organization (SWJO) in partnership with IMS-fojo concludes a two day meeting event for a grand presentation and distribution of sexual harassments’ handbook for media houses to use it as guideline or train journalists on sexual harassment related issues. More than 30 participants- from media houses, government official and…
DHUUSAMAREEB, SOMALIA- 2nd January, 2023- Somali women journalist organization (SWJO) in partnership with United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) begins a three day workshop training on trauma for more than 40- prominent journalists drawn from the various media houses in Dhuusamareeb, Somalia. Participants had an in-depth knowledge in different sessions on trauma, conflict-sensitive reporting…
