Mogadishu, 22 ,December 2018: Somali Media Association (SOMA), Somalia Independent Media Houses Association(SIMHA), Somali Women Journalists(SWJ) , National Union of Somali Journalists(NUSOJ) and Media Association of Puntland (MAP) were all shocked by the death of the veteran Somali journalist Awil Dahir Salad, whose death was a result of twin suicide bombings in Mogadishu on Today (Saturday)…
strongly condemn the wounding of Somali Journalist Mogadishu, Tuesday, December 4, 2018: We the undersigned media associations in Somalia are deeply saddened to learn that Mr. Ismail Sheikh Khalifa, a Somali veteran journalists and media rights activist has been seriously wounded in car bomb blast in Mogadishu. Mr. Ismail Sheik Khalifa has been hurt and…
The workshop for Somali media for change phase 2 took place in Jazeera Hotel Mogadishu for three days from 19th to 21st of November. In the first day on 19th the chairperson opened and briefed the new journalist on Somali Media for Change phase 1.She well informed the ladies to seriously take advantage of…
After the completion of the Gender Declaration draft, Somali Women Journalist (SWJ), organized and held a round table meeting for validation and feedback from the media house stakeholders. The event was held on Sunday, 4 November, 2018 from 9:00 am to 01:00 pm followed by a lunch for the participants. It was held at Hotel…
Waxaa maanta magaalada Moqdisho lagu qabtay munaasabad lagu xusayay maalinta caalamiga ah ee xog-helida (International day for universal access to information )2018. Wax yaabaha laga hadlay waxaa ka mid ahaa sida ay warbaahintu u hesho xogaha kala duwan ee ka dhaca gudaha dalka iyo qaabka ay u baahiso, Sido kale halka uu gaarsiisan yahay sheekooyinka…
Ururka gabdhaha Suxufiyiinta Soomaaliyeed ee SWJ Waxaa uu maanta Magaalada Moqdisho uu uga qeyb-galnay daahfurka iyo saxiixa hab-raaca bedqabka Warbaahinta Soomaaliyeed Habraacan oo ay diyaarintiisa iska kaashadeen ururada warbaahinta iyo kan wariyaasha Soomaaliyeedba ee kala ah SOMA, MAP, SIMHA, NUSOJ iyo SWJ. Waxaana uu noqonaya kii ugu horreeyey ee la isku afgartay oo lagu hagaajinayo badqabka Warbaahinta iyo Warfidiyeenka. daahfurka…
On 7th, the second part of the workshop took place whereby human resource has been reviewed. The crowd had so much argument on this topic, the journalist declared that there is no written policy but the management tried to defend by telling us that how will someone accept to be employed if there is no…
This baseline study on the working conditions of women in journalism was conducted with the aim of improving understanding of the conditions for female journalists in Somalia via substantive, actionable data sets. The study was initiated by the Somali Women Journalists (SWJ) Association in collaboration with IMS-Fojo, in recognition of the absence of a single,…
On 27th April 2018 the second part of the workshop that started on 26th took place whereby the concern on human resource was reviewed. The platform was opened with a word of prayer by one of the members. In our previous topic on sexual harassment in Baidoa was mentioned that the outcome was so positive…
In Baidoa 26thApril the first workshop was held by the team of Somali Women Journalist. A word of prayer was opened and the chairperson welcomed the participants. In Baidoa the biggest concern was that they was no sexual exploitation in their specific media houses so far that has been come across but the main problem…
