Media Foundation for West Africa
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Media Foundation for West Africa "is a regional independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation based in Accra, Ghana. It was established in 1997 to defend and promote the rights and freedoms of the media, and generally, to help expand the boundaries of freedom of speech and expression in West Africa. Media Foundation for West Africa is a regional independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation based in Accra, Ghana. It was established in 1997 to defend and promote the rights and freedoms of the media, and generally, to help expand the boundaries of freedom of speech and expression in West Africa." [1]
Board Members
- Sophie Ly Sow, Sulemana Braimah, Kwame Karikari, Fatoumata Yansane Balde, Hilda Regina Melício Teófilo, Femi Falana [1]
Colloborating Organizations
- African Women Media Centre, Dakar, Senegal;
- Article 19, London and Johannesburg;
- Centre for Conflict Resolution, Kampala, Uganda;
- Centre for Democratic Empowerment, Monrovia and Abidjan;
- Centre for the Advanced Studies of African Societies, Cape Town, South Africa;
- Inter-African Union of Human Rights Organisations;
- International Media Emergency Support, Copenhagen, Denmark;
- Media Institute of Southern Africa, Windhoek, Namibia;
- Media Rights Agenda, Lagos, Nigeria;
- West African Journalists Association.
