Mentoring

A key component of the Report Women! Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship Programme is a three-month mentoring period where the reporting and leadership skills of trained female journalists are honed to practice what they have learned through the completion of story and leadership projects.

The mentoring serves as a period of direct coaching by a team of versatile and experienced professionals who serve as resource persons. The reporters have direct access to mentors who guide them through the three-months of mentorship through multimedia platforms such as phone, Skype, WhatsApp and face-to-face. Female reporters are expected to engage with the mentors and get the needed guidance and approval to implement their projects.

Since the commencement of the FRLP fellowship in 2017, the WSCIJ has engaged with a team of professional coaches of international repute and knowledge in the fields of journalism, leadership, entrepreneurship, law and policy advocacy.

RESOURCE PERSONS & MENTORS

Nneka Okekearu

Nneka Okekearu

Ms Nneka Okekearu is the Deputy Director of the Enterprise Development Centre, Pan-Atlantic University. She is a strategy and gender specialist with over twenty years experience. Nneka Okekearu has mentored more than 500 women entrepreneurs, thereby, increasing their revenues, confidence and political participation. She is an enthusiastic, effective, result-oriented professional with core expertise in coaching and leadership training.

Lekan Otufodunrin

Lekan Otufodunrin is the Managing Editor, the Nation Newspaper. He is keen on the entrenchment of media as a profession and career path. Lekan Otunfodunrin is a career development specialist with a passion in gender issues. With over thirty years experience in the media, he has worked for various media organisations such as the Punch Newspaper and the Nigerian Institute of Journalism.

Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi

A lawyer and the Executive Director of Women Advocate Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC), Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi is a dedicated human rights defender specialised in gender, peace, security and international human rights law. She has led many policy changes and leads activities including discussions on women’s political participation.

Rotimi Sankore

Rotimi Sankore

Rotimi Sankore is a seasoned journalist and Editorial Board Chair of Nigeria Info Radio group. He has worked across Africa and beyond having previously served with the International Federation of Journalist for African journalists. As an Executive Committee member of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) of the United Kingdom and Ireland, Rotimi Sankore has worked to represent journalists from minority communities and as an anti-racism advocate and women's rights campaigner, a journalism and advocacy trainer and coordinator of Center for Research & Development of Rights in Africa (CREDO) for Freedom of Expression and Associated Rights.

Bimbo Oloyede

Bimbo Oloyede

A public speaking and communications trainer/founder at Strictly Speaking Limited, Bimbo Oloyede has over forty years’ experience in the broadcast media. She also serves as the president of the Women’s Optimum Development Foundation (WODEF), an organisation that rewards the role of deserving women in the making of a better community. She is a seasoned broadcaster, trainer, master of ceremonies, news anchor, woman rights activist and public speaking coach.