How robust is your safety practice? Do you assess risks before an assignment? Do you take into account physical, digital, legal, and psychological aspects?
This practical workshop, facilitated by ACOS Alliance and Aegis Safety Alliance, and designed specifically for Video Consortium members,provides a comprehensive and trauma-informed, field-ready understanding of safety. Together, we will explore how to systematically prepare for assignments, integrate safety into your workflow, and adopt effective, low-cost measures that can make an immediate difference. Participants will leave with actionable tools, clear frameworks, and simple “quick wins” to strengthen both personal and team safety.
Workshop Trainers:
Jeje Mohamed is a holistic safety and security advisor and risk management expert. She is the co-founder and managing partner of Aegis Safety Alliance, a collective of women and non-binary media safety experts. She has extensive experience in journalism, human rights, and safety and security. She offers holistic, trauma-informed, identity-centered safety training and resources focused on digital safety, physical safety, de-escalation, and psychological first aid. Mohamed works with journalists, documentarians, media-makers, and human rights activists working in various contexts, working with newsrooms, media agencies, and NGOs.
Previously, Mohamed was the Senior Manager for Digital Safety and Free Expression at PEN America, where she led the training program and resource building. She was a Next-Gen Safety Trainers fellow with the International Women’s Media Foundation, developing holistic safety training programs and incident response support for journalists. She has worked as a journalist in Egypt and the United States, producing documentaries and podcasts on human rights abuses and leading human rights programs focused on combatting sex trafficking.She received her bachelor’s degree from American University in Cairo in multimedia journalism and international relations and her master’s degree from American University in Washington, DC in international media focusing on human rights and democracy in areas of conflict as an Open Society Foundation Civil Society Leadership Award Fellow. She serves on the advisory board for the Coalition Against Online Violence and was a fellow with the Online News Association’s Women’s Leadership Accelerator.
Elisabet Cantenys has led ACOS Alliance (A Culture Of Safety Alliance) since 2016, managing the organization’s growth and strategy, overseeing its global partnerships and leading a rich programme of activities. Elisabet has nearly 20 years experience working on journalists safety issues. Prior to joining the ACOS Alliance she was Head of Programmes at the Rory Peck Trust, in London, where she oversaw its assistance and safety training programmes, co-founded the Journalists in Distress network (JiD) and led more than a dozen journalist safety projects worldwide. Elisabet has also worked as a freelance documentary producer, radio journalist and writer. She speaks regularly on press freedom and journalism safety issues. She has a Master’s degree in Global Politics from the University of London and is a guest lecturer at the Blanquerna School of Communication and International Relations, in Barcelona.
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