About me
Maura Ajak, a multi-award winning freelance journalist who has worked in the
field since 2014. Ajak has experience as a reporter, presenter, producer,
translator, photographer, videographer, and trainer. She have worked with national and international media outlets, including Al Jazeera Media Network.
Her coverage focuses on revitalized peace accord, Security Arrangements, Human Rights, Environment & Climate Justice, Youth, Arts, and Sports.
An Alumni for The Kampala Ministerial Declaration on Migration, Environment,
and Climate Change (KDMECC) in 2022 and the recently expanded declaration
on climate September, 2023.
Some of my major milestones include:
- Trained senior officers at national security, army, and other organized
forces on human rights reporting at the national and state level in 2018-
2019.
- Elected as a Chairperson for Women In News South Sudan Chapter in
November 2023.
- Appointed as Peace Ambassador for East Africa under IGAD Center for
Excellence for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (ICEPCVE)
in June 2023.
- An Alum for Women in News on Accelerator Leadership Programme 2022
- Participated in data collection on youth and climate migration for the
Kampala declaration and produced online content regarding climate
change and migration in 2022.
- Awarded by IGAD Climate Prediction Center (ICPAC) The Climate Change
Award on East Africa Region 2020.
- Appointed as the 2021 Earth Champion for the East Africa Region by the
IGAD Climate Prediction Application Centre.
- Won an Award on Peace & Governance issues in 2020 by African Women
in Media.
- A fellow of African Female Journalists (Pan Les African) in Morocco from
2018 to the present.
- A fellow at the International Women Media Foundation (IWMF) 2017
- An alum at the International Visitors Leadership Programme (IVLP)
2020.
- Awarded as a Human Rights Defender by the South Sudanese civil society
organization Community Empowerment for Progress Organisation (CEPO)
in May 2017 for holding the country’s presidential guards accountable for
committing sexual assault against women and girls.