Press Release - IWMF Holds Leadership Institute for Women Journalists from Former Soviet Republics
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IWMF Holds Leadership Institute for Women Journalists from Former Soviet Republics
Washington, D.C. – To help provide women journalists around the world with the tools they need to become effective leaders in the news media, the International Women's Media Foundation – in partnership with the Kazickas Family Foundation and Internews Network – will conduct a Leadership Institute for Women Journalists April 10-12 in Lithuania.
Approximately 20 women mid-level managers from former Soviet Republics will convene to participate in the three-day training program, which will build leadership skills and prepare the women to be effective leaders in the news media. Participants will also learn secrets of success from outstanding women leaders in the media and form a regional network of women journalists.
Session topics include:
- The status of women in the media and the state of the media industry in former Soviet Republics
- Leadership skills and styles
- Effective communication
- Advocating for oneself and conducting difficult conversations
- The role of journalism in society
- Leading change in newsrooms
A keynote address will be given during the program by Manana Aslamazyan, executive director of Internews Europe, on the role of journalism in society. Aslamazyan helped launch the Glasnost Defense Foundation, Russia’s first freedom of speech organization, in 1991. She has led Internews Russia/the Educated Media Foundation in the creation of numerous innovative and ambitious projects such as a month-long journalism school, the News Factory newsroom automation project and the Russian-American Media Entrepreneurship Dialogue.
The Lithuania Leadership Institute is generously funded by the Kazickas Family Foundation. Additionally, Air Baltic and Estée Lauder contributed good and services for the workshop participants.
To learn more about the Lithuania Leadership Institute, visit www.iwmf.org/programs/lithuania or e-mail at programs@iwmf.org.
Founded in 1990, the International Women's Media Foundation is a vibrant global network dedicated to strengthening the role of women in the news media worldwide as a means to further freedom of the press. The IWMF network includes women and men in the media in more than 130 countries worldwide. For more information, visit www.iwmf.org.
Internews Network works to improve access to information for people around the world by fostering independent media and promoting open communications policies in the public interest.
The Kazickas Family Foundation was established in 2000 to help Lithuania in its post-Soviet development, especially in the areas of education and technology. Read more about Jurate Kazickas at www.iwmf.org/features/10458.
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