SOMWA conducts capacity building for the journalists and the civil society members
By admin on Jan 01, 2011 with Comments 0
Friday, 31 December, 2010 – With the support of IREX, the Somali Media Women Association (SOMWA) has implemented a three- day training workshop on media advocacy for targeted Somali women journalists and the civil society organizations in Mogadishu, Somalia.
The training workshop was implemented at Ambassador Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia from 28 – 30 December 2010.
The workshops was part of series of programs implemented by the Somali Media Women Association (SOMWA) particularly aiming to promote the capacity of the Somali women journalists and the civil society organizations in media advocacy and lobbying.
Thirty – five persons, selected from the various women journalists and civil society organization working in Mogadishu were the main participants of the three – day media capacity building training workshop.
The main topics covered during the workshop sessions facilitated by Ms. Khadija Ahmed Abukar were Advocacy, Problem analysis, Net-working, fund raising and negotiation skills through the media.
In conclusion, Ms.Yasmin Mayow, and Sheikh Omar Herow, Director of Radio Tusmo speaking on behalf of the participants appreciated SOMWA for conducting the workshop and pledged that they will share the lesson with their counterparts who have not got the opportunity to attend similar workshop.
They have also promised that they will advise their media counterparts to apply what they have learned from the workshop to advocate for solving the dilemma experienced by the public.
Furthermore, Prof. Abdullahi Hassan Jama, Chairman of the National Committee of the Constitution expressed his pleasure to have such number of women journalists in respect that previously they were less in that profession and commended SOMWA and IREX for conducting the workshop.
He confirmed that they will cooperate with the media in relation with the activities regarding to the draft constitution.
About one hundred persons mostly women have benefited from the media advocacy capacity building workshops which has been in progress since November 2010.
The workshops has been conducted by SOMWA with the support of the International Research and Exchange Board (IREX)
The Somali Media Women Association (SOMWA) is one of the few associations established to empower women journalists and the civil society organizations to promote their role in promoting and advocating for peace and human rights issues in Somalia through the media.
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