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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…

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA- 17th, 2022- Somali women journalist organization (SWJO) in partnership with United Nations Assistance for Somalia (UNISOM) concludes a three day workshop training on trauma for more than forty media practitioners drawn from various media houses in Mogadishu During the 3-day training workshop, the participants had learned a great deal of journalists’ resilience and…

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA- 15TH November, 2022- Somali women journalist organization (SWJO) holds a three day workshop training on trauma for journalists in Mogadishu. More than forty prominent journalists drawn from the various media houses in Mogadishu attended the workshop. During the 3-day training workshop, the participants will have an in-depth knowledge required to cover the traumatic…