Welcome to WOMEN IN THE MEDIA SIERRA LEONE(WIMSAL)

WIMSAL has just concluded a high profile training seminar for Female Journalist from 6th-7th April 2009 at the  Police Officers Mess at Kingtom Barracks in Freetown.

Doreen Barry, President WIMSAL

at the opening ceremony

 President's address to be avaible soon.

 A crowded and well attended opening ceremony.....

The principal objective of this seminar is to create a forum wherein Female Media Practitioners wouldl have an opportunity to voice out in a constructive manner, what has been the numerous challenges that have affected them in the execution of their respective media functions in Sierra Leone. The Seminar also aimed at bringing together practicing journalists from both Print and Electronic Media to examine the following issues:

• Existing challenges like negative perception of female journalists in a male dorminated soceity

• Discrimination against female journalists in the work place

• Discuss new strategies to recruite recruit new members

• Discuss plans on a 3 years strategic plan for the organization.

WIMSAL SEMINAR hosted 6th -7th APRIL 2009

INTRODUCTION: The two-day seminar is consider as another stride of this new executive under the current leadership of Miss Doreen Barrie to enhance the standard of female journalists, a key objective of Women in the Media Sierra Leone(WIMSAL).

One key feature of this seminar is that it is been organized by the heard effort of he executive and some members, in order to actualize our mandate.

OVERVIEW

The Seminar is to create a forum where female media practitioners would have an opportunity to discuss challenges that are affecting their progress in various media organizations, and proffer workable solutions.

It was designed to embrace non members as a strategy to galvanize membership, and also targeted members from provincial areas.

CONTENTS OF WORKSHOP AND RESOURCE PERSONS

• News Writing and Capacity Building- Head of Mass Communications-FBC-University of Sierra Leone, Isaac Massaquoi

• Gender Reporting-Mrs Willet James-Lecturer Mass Communications-FBC-University of Sierra Leone

• Female Journalists and Christian Religion -Maria Kaikai- President-Women’s Fellowship
  

• Female Journalists and Muslims Religion – Mohamed Sofla –Head of Chancery, Iranian Cultural Center

• Gender Mainstreaming –Marcella Macauley- Programme Officer -Campaign for Good Governance
• Media Law-Sheik Bawoh- Editor Global Times

• Ethics of Journalism- Bernadette Cole- I.M.C Chair and Dean of the Faculty of Arts-FBC

• The Role of the Media in Conflict Resolution- Joshua Nicol- Lecturer Mass Communications-FBC

• Work Place Ethics and the Challenges facing Female Journalists -Mamadi Gobeh Kamara-Senior Producer-U.N Radio 

• Empowerment of female media practitioners
• WIMSAL to agitate for conducive working conditions of female journalists
• Organize internship programmes nation-wide
• More training programmes
• Partnership and networking with like minded organizations

WIMSAL a newly formed organisation that is poised to look into the challenges that were identified during the workshop and to implement these recommendations.

We do also look forward to forming new partnerships with well- meaning organizations with similar goals to actualize our objectives,

Finally, we'll like to express our sincere thanks and appreciations to the Founder and Executive Director of Hope Sierra Leone for donating this great internet website to WIMSAL.

Submitted by

Princess Gibson

Public Relations Officer

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 Mr. Umaru Fofanah

President of SLAJ,

addressing female media delegates at the opening ceremony.

Complete speech to be available on this page soon....

        Madam Sylvia Byden

 Editor in Chief and Media Queen, Awareness Times News Paper. The No.1 best selling Paper in Sierra Leone.

Speech of our most respected MEDIA QUEEN to be published on this page soon.

Time to say goodbye in style and with memorable gifts to WIMSAL's outgone and first President.

 Mariama Sesay( First President of WIMSAL) receiving her farewell gift.....