Deadline: 21-May-25
The WAN-IFRA WIN Women Owned SIRI Accelerator Programme is now open for applications.
The goal is to offer practical, strategic support that addresses each organisation’s unique needs—whether through business strategy development, editorial innovation, or operational strengthening—while building a supportive community of peers navigating similar challenges.
The WAN-IFRA WIN Women-Owned Media Accelerator Programme is designed to support established, women-owned and led media organisations with a demonstrated commitment to promoting gender equality and inclusive journalism, and embrace high quality, independent journalism to inform and engage their audiences. Rather than build from the ground up, the Women-Owned Media Accelerator Programme focuses on scaling and strengthening existing efforts of media to have a positive social impact on their audience and communities, whether local, national or regional.
Funding Information
- Successful applicants will be eligible for a grant of up to EUR8,000 to be administered in two instalments. This is a 5-month capacity building programme.
Benefits
- Successful applicants will benefit from:
- 5 individual executive or business coaching sessions to be prioritized by the recipient
- 5 group mentoring sessions featuring best in class case studies on audience growth, engagement or other revenue generating initiatives
- Access to a personal advisory board – a peer group from which to draw upon and share ideas and support
- 1 Year complementary corporate membership to WAN-IFRA (value of EUR1,600)
- Ad hoc networking and mentoring opportunities including eligibility for participation in WAN-IFRA regional conferences such as Digital Media Africa or the Asian Media Leaders’ Summit
Geographic Focus
- The programme will be available to participants from Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Somalia/Somaliland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
- In the Arab Region there will be Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine.
- In South East Asia there is Indonesia and the Philippines.
Eligibility Criteria
- open to women owned and women led media organisations across the 17 WIN target markets in Africa, Arab Region and South East Asia.
- This initiative is targeted at women led; women owned media organisations that have been in existence for at least two years.
- With a minimum 5-10 years active experience in the newsroom, the successful applicants will receive training in key newsroom and media management issues, while establishing a global network of peers.
- They will prioritise media that have a stated objective as part of their editorial strategy or with a policy/practice to ensure gender equality in their media.
For more information, visit Women in News – WAN-IFRA.