Welcome to WOMEN IN THE MEDIA SIERRA LEONE(WIMSAL)

Is a registered indegeneous organization of young Female Media Practitioners with a clealy defined mission and purpose.

 BACKGROUND: 

Mandate

•  Our mandate is two fold, media related and also a pressure group focusing on the welfare of women
• To raise the standard of female media practitioners in Sierra Leone to discharge our functions professionally as well as address the issue of inequalities in the profession
• Also engage government meaningfully to fulfill its responsibilities in society especially the welfare of women.

Strategic Focus 

• Embark on awareness raising programmes on issues relating to media and governance
• Address inequalities with male counterpart in the profession
• Nurturing constructive relationships with key stakeholders in society
• Establish partnerships for collaborative approach to issues
• Strive to maintain a neutral stance in a partisan operating environment to sustain peace in post-conflict Sierra Leone

• To build capacity of members to discharge their functions professionally
• To engage meaningfully with government to improve society and fulfillment of responsibilities
• To maintain our standing in society as a model of good governance
• To change perception of the public about female media practitioners

• Western Area- sixty

• Northern Region- sixteen

• Southern Region- twenty-two

• Eastern Region-fourteen

OUR MISSION:

Our mission is to organize all Female Media Practitioners in Sierra Leone under one unified umbrella to raise our voices, research and publish, dialog, come with innovative ideas and solutions on all burning issues affecting female journalism in a male dominated profession.

Moreover, we strongly believe that, Journalism based on ethics and morals had long been undermined and destroyed. So WIMSAL's mission is to rebuild and reintegrate strong moral values that underlie a free and democratic society into the Journalistic profession in our post war country.

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Women in the Media offers the following professional services:

• Award-winning service
• Free consultaions
• Professional Counseling 
• Free seminars on Moral Foundations for Democracy and Development
• Social development work
• Caring for under privilege women
  

Call Us Today!

- If you wish to have an up to date information on    WIMSAL's activities in the country..

- If you wish to BECOME a member of WIMSAL

- If you wish to make donations

Our able executive is ready to respond to your information needs. WIMSAL for ever........