Women Meeting the Challenge: A Handbook for Media Leadership

This handbook aims to provide practical solutions to the barriers that hold women back from reaching their leadership potential. It uses recent studies to demonstrate where African women stand as leaders in the media. The handbook relies on the leadership development work of Jerusha Arothe-Vaughan, director of Independent Communication Associates Ltd., who facilitated the CSLI (Carole Simpson Leadership Institute) seminar training.

"While this book is for women, about women and by women, it also is a tool that should be shared with everyone in the newsroom. It is a means by which to change the leadership roles of women in their media houses. The handbook is a tool for awareness of leadership training and capacity building for women, as the key factors in women's empowerment."

Chapters include:

• What does it take to be a leader?
• Tools to meet the challenge
• Assert yourself
• Creating visibility
• Knowing your leadership potential and
• Importance of networking