Deborah Walter Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg, GP, ZA

Johannesburg - Remote

Provide communications support to the World Health Organization Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research (HRP) programme, including social media, web stories, newsletter and other content.

As co-owner of CMFD Productions, a communications and media for change consultancy founded in 2002, based in Johannesburg and Maputo: - Manage large communication and media for change projects across Africa, including serial radio dramas, documentaries, digital stories, music for social change, print and online content, etc, combining high quality.

• Communications consultant focusing on 2 key work areas:
• Violence Against Women Data, as part of work to strengthen measurement, analysis and use of data to prevent and respond to violence against women globally.
• Gender-based Violence in Emergencies/ humanitarian settings, supporting communications to improve health sector responses for GBV prevention and response in humanitarian settings, including in refugee, displacement.

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

- Led growth of the communications team from 3 to 8 comms officers, based in 3 countries, including webmaster, multi-lingual comms officer, media lead, and consultants.- Led drafting CIVICUS first ever comprehensive communications strategy & follow-up digital communications and media strategies, including indicators and analytics to track.- Manage.

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Commissioned and placed gender opinion and commentary with Southern African media houses.- Worked with emerging writers to improve skills.- Liased with regional media and editors to increase coverage of gender issues.- developed new strategies for multi-media options, including audio, for media in SADC to improve coverage of gender issues.- Advocacy.

Implemented web and e-newsletter project designed to be a space for communicators across Africa to share communication for development knowledge, experiences, materials, strategic thinking and events, and to engage in discussion and debate. Responsible for editorial content, expanding network of practitioners, and co-ordinating collection and dissemination.

Managed communications of the organisation - wrote project plans, funding proposals, reports, newsletters, developed website.Co-ordinated activities to build the capacity of the Association and its members, as well as promoted the organisation through the media, networking, outreach to members, donors and partners. Co-ordinated and delivered training.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

- Manage a $1 million budget and operations of a National Fair Trade Foods Program. - Co-ordinate marketing, advertising, and grassroots campaigns to increase sales and awareness of Fair Trade products and producers such as the first Canadian Fair Trade Day, student and church campaigns.