{"id":3337,"date":"2022-08-24T17:14:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T17:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onkodradio.staging.ileysinc.com\/en\/?p=3337"},"modified":"2022-08-24T17:14:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T17:14:32","slug":"sjs-concludes-german-supported-women-in-the-media-empowerment-training-in-mogadishu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onkodradio.staging.ileysinc.com\/en\/sjs-concludes-german-supported-women-in-the-media-empowerment-training-in-mogadishu\/","title":{"rendered":"SJS concludes German-supported women in the media empowerment training in Mogadishu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mogadishu (Onkod Radio) \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) concluded<\/a>\u00a0a three-day training for Somali women journalists benefitting 20 female journalists and producers in Mogadishu on Friday.<\/p>\n

The training initiative is part of a six-months program supported by the\u00a0Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany<\/a>\u00a0which is aimed at building women journalists\u2019 capacity to take up leadership positions in the media and to advocate for gender equality.<\/p>\n

On the conclusion of the training, SJS Secretary-General, Abdalle Ahmed Mumin and local media directors joined a panel discussion highlighting the role of women in the media in a bid to advocate for gender equality in the Somali media leadership.<\/p>\n

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Participants, trainers and SJS team pose for a group photo during the conclusion of the three-day training supported by German Embassy, Friday 19 August, 2022. | PHOTO\/ Mohamed Jibril SJS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cDue to cultural and security challenges, Somali women journalists are under-trained and under-represented. They do not receive proper trainings and are often overlooked for promotion. That is why our training program does not only advocate for promotion of women journalists for leadership positions, but also intends to build their capacity by teaching skills necessary for their profession. Thanks for the generous support provided by German Embassy,\u201d Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, SJS Secretary-General said.<\/p>\n

On behalf of the training participants, Zamzam Mohamed Ali, the deputy director of Arlaadi Media Network stated that it was necessary for the entire society to acknowledge the role of the women as a foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and stable Somalia. She said empowering women journalists is the first step on the path to gender equality nationwide.<\/p>\n

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The deputy director of Arlaadi Media Network, Arlaadi Zamzam Mohamed Ali (left) speaks during a panel discussion to wrap up a three-day training of women journalists supported by German Embassy, on Friday 19 August, 2022. | PHOTO Mohamed Jibril \/SJS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWhen we are less skilled than our male counterparts, we can not attain positions in the decision-making table. During the three-day training we learnt a lot and we got more confidence that we can go back to our media houses feeling more empowered with new skills. We thank SJS and the German Embassy for providing us this unique opportunity,\u201d the 24-year-old woman said.<\/p>\n

Director of the state-owned Radio Mogadishu, Mohamed Kafi Abukar noted that despite women represent 50 percent of the population, there is still a long way to achieve gender equality in the local media.<\/p>\n

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Director of state-owned Radio Mogadishu, Mohamed Kafi Abukar (third from right) speaks during a panel discussion to wrap up a three-day training of women journalists supported by German Embassy, on Friday 19 August, 2022. | PHOTO Mohamed Jibril \/SJS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cToday, I had the opportunity to participate in the panel discussion as a wrap up for your training. I understand that there are many issues affecting our women. One of them is the lack of skills. There are also societal challenges which need more awareness,\u201d Mr. Abukar said. \u201cThe SJS training seems to have addressed the key challenge which is to build the capacity of the female journalists. As a director of state media, I am pleased to be part of of the SJS advocacy initiative and we are ready to work with the women so that they can get their rights in the media leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n

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SJS Secretary-General, Abdalle Ahmed Mumin (second left) speaks speaks during a panel discussion to wrap up a three-day training of women journalists supported by German Embassy, on Friday 19 August, 2022. | PHOTO Mohamed Jibril \/SJS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Deputy Ambassador of the Germany Embassy in Somalia, Mr. Sascha Andreas, who joined during one of the training sessions said \u201cAn open and inclusive society needs strong and powerful women, who raise their voices. Together with our partner SJS, Germany supports the empowerment of female journalists in Somalia through capacity building. By empowering female journalists, we can contribute to making women\u2019s voices heard loud and clear. We want to read stories from a female perspective and improve women\u2019s participation in society and politics.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Deputy Ambassador of the Germany Embassy in Somalia, Mr. Sascha Andreas engages with the participants after joining one of the training sessions during a three-day training of women journalists supported by German Embassy, on Thursday 18 August, 2022. | PHOTO Mohamed Jibril \/SJS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SJS, with the funding of the Germany Embassy, aims to reach 100 women journalists across four regions in Somalia with the objective of equipping them with the tools they need to rise in their current workplaces or elsewhere in the industry. The project would also provide women journalists with mentoring between and after training events to provide them with entrepreneurship skills, production of quality content to add value to their careers, as well as support and self-advocacy skills for greater gender equality in the media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mogadishu (Onkod Radio) — Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) concluded a three-day training for Somali women journalists benefitting 20 female journalists and producers in Mogadishu on Friday. The training initiative is part of a six-months program supported by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany which is aimed at building women journalists’ capacity to take up leadership positions in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-3337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news","tag-sjs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/onkodradio.staging.ileysinc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_5522-1024x683-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onkodradio.staging.ileysinc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onkodradio.staging.ileysinc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onkodradio.staging.ileysinc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onkodradio.staging.ileysinc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onkodradio.staging.ileysinc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/onkodradio.staging.ileysinc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onkodradio.staging.ileysinc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onkodradio.staging.ileysinc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onkodradio.staging.ileysinc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onkodradio.staging.ileysinc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}