AFFILIATION
The Federation of Somali Journalists (FESOJ) is an active member of the Eastern Africa Journalists Association (EAJA) and a founding member of the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ)
Internationally, FESOJ is a full affiliate of International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX) and is the Somali partner organization of Reporters without Borders (RSF).
Nationally, FESOJ is a member of Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU) and the Somali Forum for Freedom of Express (SOFFE).
AWARDS
Federation of Somali Journalists (FESOJ) has won prestigious international awards in recognition of its tenacious fight to defend the international principle of press freedom in Somalia.
The Paris-based international media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RWB) awarded FESOJ the Fondation de France International Press Freedom Defender prize in 2005.
The U.S. National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) honored the National Union of Somali Journalists (FESOJ) in August 2007 with its Coveted Annual Percy Qoboza Foreign Journalist Award for defending press freedom.
Federation of Somali Journalists (FESOJ) received in April 2008 the Democracy Courage Award on behalf of Somali journalists from the World Movement for Democracy (WMD).
The World Movement for Democracy (WMD) held its fifth assembly in Kiev, Ukraine, from April 6 to 9, 2008. It is a global network of democrats including independent journalists, trade unionists, business leaders, religious leaders, human rights activists, practitioners and academics.
FESOJ received the French Republic’s liberty, equality, fraternity human rights prize awarded by the Commission nationale consultative des droits de l’homme in France on 10 December 2009.
According to the statement released by the French Government through its embassy in Nairobi, the Commission nationale consultative des droits de l’homme (CNCDH) awarded the NUSOJ the prize, “a special distinction, in recognition of the work the union has been doing in encouraging freedom of speech, and defending and enhancing media freedom and human rights in Somalia”.
