Sharon Adetutu Omotoso currently heads the Women's Research and Documentation Centre (WORDOC)at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan (Nigeria). She is also Director of the Center for Applied Ethics and Political Communication in Africa (CAEPOCOM AFRICA); an alumnus of the COADY Institute, St. Francis Xavier University Canada; a Chartered Mediator & Conciliator; and a winner of the prestigious CODESRIA Meaning-Making Research Competition 2018-2019. Previously Sharon worked as Acting Head of Department, Politics & International Relations, Lead City University, Ibadan. She is a facilitator and public speaker in programs for women, youth, teenagers and children, and a regular speaker at local and international academic conferences, seminars and workshops. Her research interests include applied ethics, media & gender studies, political communications, philosophy of education, socio-political philosophy, and African philosophy, and she has published widely in these fields. She co-edited the 2017 book Political Communication in Africa, published by Springer.
Introduction: Women's Recipe for the African Policom Stew.- "Down with Bridewealth!" The Organization of Mozambican Women Debates Women's Issues.- Women in the Media On Marikana: Decolonial Analysis of Gendered Representations.- Women Emancipation and the Politics of Biography in the Narratives of Dr. Bola Kuforiji-Olubi of Nigeria and Princess Elizabeth Bagaaya of Uganda.- ZANU-PF Women's League and the (Re)configuration of Political Power in Influencing Succession Politics in Zimbabwe.- Political Communication Among Female Candidates and Women Electorates in Zambia.- Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf: Political Communication into Liberia's Presidency.- Africa's First Ladies: Communicating Political Thought in Nigeria. Working Behind the Scene: Rethinking Peace and Development in First Lady Illusory Continuum of Afropolicom.- Acada-Activism and Feminist Political Communication in Nigeria.