NAN’s Aisha Gambo bags Report Women! FRLP fellowship
By Hussaina Yakubu
Aisha Gambo, a Senior Correspondent with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), has been selected for the sixth Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) fellowship.
The fellowship, which was launched in 2017, is organised by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ).
It aims to equip female journalists with the skills to champion the cause of improved leadership status of women in the news, newsrooms and society.
In a statement on Saturday, Motunrayo Alaka, Executive Director and CEO of WSCIJ, said the Report Women! programme had helped to increase the quantity and quality of reports on issues affecting women and girls in Nigeria.
She said over the past decade, WSCIJ had trained 537 journalists across Nigeria and Ghana.
Alaka said the centre had also supported 136 stories and 138 leadership projects, published six research on women’s representation in the media and produced six documentaries.
The centre, she said, had also launched a female experts’ source guide and engaged newsrooms on the leadership of women in the news and newsrooms.
“The Female Reporters Leadership Programme, introduced in 2017, has produced 86 fellows across five cohorts and driven intentional efforts to place more women in leadership positions within newsrooms and news.
“Through an intensive training and mentoring, this sixth edition of FRLP Fellowship will equip participants with the skills to champion the cause of improved leadership status of women in the news, newsrooms and society.
“The fellowship and the broader Report Women! News and Newsroom Engagement project has been supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation since 2021″ she said.
She added that the fellowship was designed to engage the management and staff of news media organisations in Nigeria, and eventually Africa, to increase representation of women in news coverage, newsroom leadership and as news sources.
Gambo is one of the 12 participants who made the shortlist out of a competitive pool of 160 female applicants.
Other beneficiaries of the programme include Melony Ishola, Juliet Buna, Bilkis Lawal, Rasheedat Iliyas, Temitope Obayendo, Mary Agidi, Dana Zagi, Chigozie Victor, Christiana Alabi-Akande and Gloria Attah.(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
(Edited by Mufutau Ojo)
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