About us

Mr. Marko G. Shekalaghe was the Project Officer – Monitoring and Evaluation of the Communication and Information Unit at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Before joining UNESCO, Mr Shekalaghe served as Senior Programme Officer of Tanzania Media Women’s Association (TAMWA), in Dar es Salaam Tanzania. He also served as Communication Officer at the Marine Unit of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Tanzania Office and Communication Specialist for Coastal Management Partnership Programme (TCMP), the joint programme of Tanzania Vice-President Office and Coastal Management Unit of the USA based University of Rhodes Island under USAID support. Prior to that, he served as Information/Research Officer of Media Institute of Southern Africa, Tanzania Chapter, in most cases acting as Country Director and Secretary of the National Governing Council of the organization.

Mr. Shekalaghe has successful completed course work, and is currently finalizing his dissertation of Masters of Arts in Information Studies (MAIS) at the Tumaini University Dar es Salaam College (TURDACO), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He is a graduate of Postgraduate Diploma in Scientific Computing from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication from Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

Currently, Rose is a Correspondent with the Guardian Newspaper in Tanzania. Her employment records range from a Reporter for the Guardian, Information Officer for LHRC, Programme Officer, Political Affairs and Trade Promotion for the Embassy of Sweden Tanzania, as well as Project Officer for UNESCO in Dar es Salaam. Rose has also undertaken short-term assignments in the past with UNDP, SADC, Tanzania Women Fund, FES, MISATAN, CAMFED, TAZARA, TAWLA, World Vision, International Association of Women in Radio and Television, Equality for Growth, and Search for Common Ground. She has also undertaken assignments for the Legal Service Facilities, HIVOS, Tanzania Women Parliamentarian Group, Africities Summit (AU), Interfaith Partnership in Tanzania, UN Women, TGNP, THRDC, WLAC, Tanzania Media Foundation, and Foundation for Civil Societies. Rose is one of the 15 female journalists out of the 100 in the world who received Global recognition from Women Deliver in New York for their journalistic works to advocate for Women and Girls’ Reproductive Rights.