User:AIIrene0000/sandbox/Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Gloria Laker Aciro-Adiiki is a Ugandan journalist; a war and peace reporter who has been in the media and reporting scene as far back as 2 decades ago when she contributed enormously to restoring peace in Northern Uganda through her peace reporting which caught the attention of international peace resolution organizations. Gloria is the founder and lead, Peace Journalism Foundation, a group of peace reporters with a mission on peace, development and electoral journalism reporting

Early life and Education
Gloria was raised in a typical African traditional setting in Acholi, the Northern region of Uganda. With a diploma in Journalism and a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication.

Career
With a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication, Gloria Laker is actively in the local and international media, covering topics of world concerns; 2001/2002 deadly EBOLA outbreak in Gulu, Northern Uganda and the COVID-19 pandemic (2019-2020) as it affects the world.

Works
Gloria is an honored reporter for her works as a war and peace reporter; and one that stands out is her contribution in peace building in Gulu, Northern Uganda conflict through positive coverage of the LRA war, contributing to current peace in the region. Gloria played key role in highlighting the impact of the conflict for local and international media and her reports and other reporters drew international attention to looking into the direction of peaceful ways of ending the conflict which had devastated the region, led to rape, loss of lives and maimed several people and left scores of children abducted or out of school like Gloria. Gloria also has international collaborations where she spreads the good news of peace journalism, as shares her experience of peace reporting with media students at Istanbul in Turkey and Turks journalists on how they can report about the situation of Syrian refugees using peace journalism approaches

Articles and Publications

 * 2007: LRA shun Acholi meeting in Juba (article)
 * 2009: A New War Rages in the North - Acholi (article)
 * 2012: Co-author - Kenya journalists learn to speak, write peace (the PEACE Journalist Vol 1. No.2)
 * 2016: Shaky peace in South Sudan as Unity Government struggles to take shape (article)
 * 2017: Uganda has benefited from peace journalism (article)
 * 2018: Confidential contacts (article)
 * 2019: Peace Journalism in the LRA Conflict

Affiliations and Membership

 * Head, Uganda/East Africa chapter of the Peace Journalism Foundation
 * Board member, Speak FM, Gulu Northern Uganda (a women’s Radio station)
 * Coordinator, the Uganda Refugee and Migration Media Network
 * Member, Uganda Media Women Association (UMWA)

Awards and Honors
As a former war and peace reporter, Gloria has received several awards in recognition of her works in the local and international media scene, helping to direct the spotlight to issues of world concerns.


 * 2008: Best Ugandan Journalist, a BBC communicating justice project
 * April 2011: Award of Outstanding performance in the implementation of a peace and electoral project ahead of Uganda 2011 general election. (Awarded by Center for Global Peace Journalism at Park University in USA)
 * 2016: Honored and featured on BBC Outlook as an inspirational journalist
 * August 2018: HWPL Peace Media Ambassador for Uganda, by South Korean Peace Advocate- Man Hee Lee in Cape Town, South Africa
 * February 2019: Presidential Golden Jubilee Medal. Becoming one of the many Ugandan national heroes, awarded to her by Ugandan President, His Excellence Yoweri Museveni