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Somalia: Interview with Media Women’s Association
Source: WLUML The Somali Media Women’s Association is a grassroots NGO in Somalia dedicated to increasing the presence of women in the media. They also organize capacity building and empowerment projects. The founder, Marian Zeila, is currently based in London and leads the organization from abroad. What is SOMWA’s relationship with other international organizations? SOMWA [...]
SOMWA conducts capacity building for the journalists and the civil society members
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 [...]
SOMWA chairpersons’ interview on Muslimah Media Watch
According to a recent study carried out by Transparency International, Somalia was deemed to be the most corrupt nation in the world. The economic and political instability of Somalia has made it the site of many human rights violations, particularly against women. Females are underrepresented in the workforce as well as education. In fact, slightly [...]
Press Freedom Prize goes to Somali radio station
In partnership with the French retail chain Fnac, Reporters Without Borders has awarded its 2010 Press Freedom Prize to two symbols of courage, the jailed Iranian journalist Abdolreza Tajik and the embattled Somali news radio station Radio Shabelle. The awards were presented at ceremony hosted by journalist Elizabeth Tchoungui at the Foreign Press Reception Centre [...]
Somali Journalist Recognized for Brave Coverage
By Kerry M. Flynn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER Friday, November 19, 2010 Mohamed Olad Hassan, a Somali journalist who has covered the people of his nation amid dangerous insurgency over the last decade, was awarded the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism at the Walter Lippmann House in Cambridge last night. Hassan, a [...]
Somali young female journalist falls into mental trauma for her profession
Mogadishu 25 Feb. 2010 (SOFCA) Shukri Nur Ali 18 year old female journalist has been suffering from mental illness since earlier last year, when a phone call threat from unknown group, forced to give up her work as radio journalist.
SOMWA calls immediate release of Somaliweyn radio reporter
Mogadishu Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Somali Media Women Association (SOMWA) has strongly condemned the arrest and the detention of radio journalist Ali Yusuf Aden in Wanlaweyn district of Lower Shabelle region on Sunday 21 February 2010 by the the Al-Shabaab administration. The director of the Somaliweyn Abukar Hassan Kadaf, said on Wednesday that he fears [...]
Amanda Lindhout speaks publicly for first time since kidnapping
On Sunday night, freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout made her first public appearance since returning to the country after spending 15 months in captivity in Somalia. Alberta’s Somali-Canadian community hosted a dinner in honour of the 28-year-old in northeast Calgary. Lindhout’s arrival at the Pineridge Community Centre was highly anticipated. With a number of her friends [...]
U.S. Raises Funds for Banadir University Recovery
U.S. Embassy, Nairobi, Kenya Press Release February 10, 2010 The Somalia Unit at the United States embassy in Nairobi hosted a fundraiser for Banadir University on the evening of February 9. Distinguished American pianist Ned Kirk performed a series of pieces, including compositions by Beethoven, Debussy, and List. The proceeds from the benefit concert, nearly [...]
Somali Media Women Association (SOMWA)
Somali Media Women Association (SOMWA) is an indigenous Local Organization for Women Journalists. Non-profit, non-partial, non- political and voluntary organization based in Baidoa. It was initiated by a group of good wishers and women Journalists from the region in January 2006 to address the issues focusing Somali Women Journalists.
