Trainer and Editorial Mentor - Consultancy
Media in Cooperation and Transition · Apply by November 2, 2026
About this role
Project : Words That Protect: Gender-Responsive Media and Journalist Networks in Iraq Component: Evidence-Based Gender-Responsive VAW Reporting Contract type: Consultancy Location: Remote, with required attendance at two project workshops in Baghdad and/or Erbil Assignment period: November 2026 – April 2027 1. Background Words That Protect supports gender-responsive journalism and more responsible media coverage of violence against women in Iraq. Under Component 2, the project will select and train 30 Iraqi journalists, with equal representation of women and men. Participants will form 15 mixed-gender teams, each consisting of one female and one male journalist, to produce and publish 15 stories addressing violence against women. The training and production process will be informed by the findings of the project’s baseline media study and by the SEED and Silence and Omissions frameworks. Following the first in-person workshop, participants will enter a structured production and mentorship period covering story development, research, risk assessment, editorial review and publication. Each Trainer and Editorial Mentor will be responsible for supporting seven or eight journalist…