WAN-IFRA Announces 2019 Laureates of the Women in News Editorial Leadership Award
The Women in News Editorial Leadership Award recognises an exemplary contribution of an Editor to her newsroom – and under her leadership the contribution of her newspaper – to society. Anna Nimiriano, Editor-in-Chief of the Juba Monitor in South Sudan,…
Culture is the problem’: Why simply hiring more women won’t make your newsroom achieve true gender balance
Just last month, Karen Martin, editor, BBC News, turned down a promotion at the broadcaster after discovering she was offered substantially less than a man for the same job. “I’ve been assured our roles and responsibilities are the same. I’ve also been told…
Rivers APC puts last hope on Wednesday’s Appeal Court ruling
Tamuno, who spoke yesterday during a thanksgiving service at St. Martin’s Anglican Church, Ogu, the headquarters of Ogu/Bolo, stated that APC candidates and members were preparing for the Saturday’s governorship and state assembly polls. She noted that there is a…
Rivers Women To Turn Up At INEC Office Naked — Unless Effanga Is Removed As REC
Thousands of women have taken to the streets of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, to demand the immediate redeployment of the Obo Effanga, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC). The protesters, dressed in black and drawn from the 23 local government…