Jeje Mohamed
Jeje Mohamed is a holistic safety and security advisor and risk management expert. She is the co-founder 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.