Global Leadership Accelerator Programme Women In News 2025

Global Leadership Accelerator Programme Women In News 2025 is now accepting applications for its transformative programme, designed for high-potential mid-level newsroom managers (journalists and editors) from emerging, transitional, and fragile states around the world.

This is a high-impact programme with demonstrable results: on average 60% of successful graduates report direct career progression (promotion, or lateral move of their choice) within 3 months of programme completion.

More than 1,500 journalists and editors have progressed through the WIN Leadership Accelerator since 2015.

Successful applicants will receive training in key newsroom and media management issues, while establishing a global network of peers. Participants will also benefit from one-on-one coaching sessions with an ICF-certified coach to create their 3-5 year career roadmaps.

Selection requirements

There are are few selection requirements you need to have before application into the Global Leadership Accelerator Programme Women In News 2025.

Please note: Applicants from current WIN countries are not eligible for this programme at this time. If you are from any of the countries listed below, please stay tuned for the 2025 WIN Accelerator call for applications later in the year.

Africa: Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe Arab Region: Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon Southeast Asia: The Philippines, Indonesia, Myanmar

Before you start applying,

• Make sure you are a Journalists with a passion for the news industry, with a minimum 5-10 years active experience in the newsroom,
• You must make sure you dedicate 1-2 hours per week for 20 weeks. 

The successful applicant will possess the following:

• 5-10 years direct newsroom experience as a journalist (reporter, correspondent editor)
• demonstrated passion for the news media industry and a commitment to gender equality and inclusion, as well as principles of press freedom
• identify as a woman and/or be drawn from a historically vulnerable/at risk community
• be located outside of the traditional WIN Accelerator markets
• possess strong spoken and written knowledge of English (the programme will be delivered primarily in English)
• the ability to commit 1-2 hours per week for 21 weeks in order to participate thoroughly in the programme (candidates who miss more than 20% of seminars will be given an incomplete).

Global Leadership Accelerator Programme Women In News 2025 Application steps

The following steps will be given below for the application of the Global Leadership Accelerator Programme Women In News 2025. You will need to follow up all the steps accordingly in order to get started.

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The steps will guide you in the journey of this awesome programme and also there are cool benefits also attached to the programme which i will be listing below also.

Before you start the application;

• Make sure you went through the selection requirements and eligible country,
• Then connect to a strong Wi-Fi
• Then click here to begin
• Once the registration link opens,
• Enter your country
• City and Town
• Enter your first name as it appears on the National I.D
• Last name.
• Gender and other of your personal details.
• Upload your headshot video
• And also your C.V
• Click on next and follow up with the other instructions and click on the register buttons to apply.

Apply now to take part in this best-in-class programme. Deadline for applications: 29 June 2025.

Official launch date: 17 July 2025.

Global Leadership Accelerator Programme Women In News 2025 Modules

Benefits:

1. Successful applicants will receive training in key newsroom and media management issues, while establishing a global network of peers.
2. Participants will also benefit from one-on-one coaching sessions with an ICF-certified coach to create their 3-5 year career roadmaps.

Having followed all these steps and also maintaining every step in this post correctly, you will be doing an error free registration of Global Leadership Accelerator Programme Women In News 2025.

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