Shenilla Mohamed Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg, GP, ZA

South Africa

Board Member

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Human Rights Organization

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Out Right Action International (formerly the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, IGLHRC) is a 25 year old international human rights organization headquartered in New York. My role as the Africa Director is to conceptualize and execute the work of Out Right's Africa Programme as well as to establish the vision and direction of the Africa.

Southern Africa

What I achieved: - Occasional consultant media trainer with a focus on newsroom training, sub-editing, online media, basic journalism, feature writing, investigative reporting, using the media, advocacy journalism etc. as well as accompaniment, coaching, mentoring, developing training modules and facilitating workshops - Six month on site training of.

Harare, Zimbabwe

What I achieved:I set up and managed the joint venture office for the Dutch Hivos, Danish International Media Support and British Dfid on Strengthening Accountable Governance in Zimbabwe and the region. This was a grant making and capacity building, governance, human rights and media programme. The post reported to a Project Board. As part of my job: - I.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

What I achieved:- Daily monitoring of press (freedom-related) news and developments including arrests, attacks, etc. in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Zambia. - Reporting daily to CPJ Africa Advocacy Coordinator based in New York with brief roundup pointing out noteworthy news & developments..

Nairobi, Kenya

What I achieved: - Improving the economic enabling environment by targeting the legal and policy environment for independent media, including needed reforms of repressive press laws and investment-inhibiting regulatory and fiscal structures affecting the media business; - Strengthening of media markets through capital infusions, new regional loan.

Johannesburg, South Africa

What I achieved: - Impact assessment of SACST programmes, - Programme management, - Administration and Finance - Communication and information dissemination.

Johannesburg, South Africa

Some of my achievements included: - Designing, setting up and implementing of an evidence-based advocacy and campaigning program looking at South Africa’s role in alleviating human rights violations, climate change, inequality and poverty within South Africa, the Southern African Region, Africa and Globally within the context of HIV/AIDS - Directing and.

Pretoria, South Africa

What I achieved: - Provision of specialist advice, strategic input and support to the six Oxfam GB country programs in Southern African to develop and implement communications, campaigns, policy, media and advocacy strategies aimed at significantly influencing national, regional, Pan African and global institutions and processes and attitudes and beliefs.

Johannesburg, South Africa

What I achieved: - Ran a series of workshops for journalists and editors throughout Africa on environmental issues pertaining to the World Summit on Sustainable Development being held in Johannesburg, South Africa in the same year

Johannesburg, South Africa

What I achieved: - Consultancy to run a series of workshops for IRIN Information Officers from all over the world on basic journalism skills, advocacy journalism, understanding how the media works and developing media strategies

What I achieved: - Consultancy to organize and deliver on a road show around political and economic implications of the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe and the impact on South Africa and the region. Wrote and delivered a paper on the topic as well as organized other speakers both from South Africa and Zimbabwe. - Developed and delivery of a media.

Jan 2000-Jan 2002

What I achieved: - Ran a series of workshops for MISA training journalists from the Southern African region on media advocacy

Harare, Zimbabwe And Johannesburg, South Africa

IPS is an international development news agency headquartered in Rome. Post-holder ran the various desks from the regional centre in Zimbabwe.What I achieved: - Assigning of stories, editing of copy, managing communications between network of stringers and correspondents from all over the world, putting out edited stories on the IPS website..

Harare, Zimbabwe

What I achieved: - Seconded by Inter Press Services to run SABANEWS, a radio news service whose contributors included national broadcasters from the Southern African Development Community, SADC countries. - Regular visits to broadcasters in member countries to work with newsroom staff in improving the quality of their copy - Managing SABANEWS copywriter.

Harare, Zimbabwe

• AIA was a regional feature service committed to development-orientated journalism. What I achieved: - Management of the editorial department and the training department - Co-ordination of a network of over 100.
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Harare, Zimbabwe

What I achieved: - The editing of publications on the environment produced by the centre. - Management a network of regional environmental writers to provide material for the centre's books and newsletters. - Writing articles and lay-out of the Environmental Law Newsletter - Running workshops and training courses for journalists on reporting on the.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Gulf News is the largest English daily newspaper in the United Arab Emirates.What I achieved: - Daily coverage stories and events within the Emirates and surrounding countries - Editing of copy - Training and building capacity of Journalists

What I achieved: - Regional posting, included coverage of news events and features in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi and Namibia as well as editing copy from correspondents and stringers in the region and assigning stories.

Harare, Zimbabwe

What I achieved: - Began as cadet reporter in main newsroom - Promoted to senior reporter - Promoted to Features Department and responsible for film and theatre critiques, weekly feature column, women, health and gender issues - Devised and conceptualized a weekly column called ‘This Weird World’

Masters In Journalism And Media Studies By Research And Course Work, Communication And Media Studies

Activities and Societies: Coaching and mentoring

Honors Degree In Journalism And Media Studies, Communication And Media Studies

Activities and Societies: Research team Studied for my Honours and Masters Degrees in Journalism and Media Studies

Diploma In Media And Mass Communications, Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs

Activities and Societies: Rotary, Studied Journalism