Joyce Kiria talks to Fadhila Sadala of AWiM News about why she decided to establish her organisation with a focus on fighting for girl’s rights and gender equality Growing up in the Kilimanjaro region located in the northeastern part of Tanzania. Joyce Kiria always wanted to be a journalist, as a mass communicator to reach…
Gender inequality in education and other sectors is still a big challenge, with most students dropping out of school due to sexual harassment. This was stated during AWiM 2022 conference which took place in Fez, Morocco. During the Gender and Journalism Education panel discussion, panellists pointed out that fewer female students graduate in higher education…
The six African Women in Media Conference welcomed media professionals from different countries to discuss the issue of policies and regulations towards gender equality in media. It also touched on how women are portrayed in the media and how the issues relate to women and girls in Fez, Morocco which was the destination of this…
Msichana Initiative, a Non-Governmental Organisation in Tanzania collaborated with several stakeholders to support school girls in rural areas with bicycles. Through providing an alternative means of transport the organisation also hopes to address the issue of gender-based violence (GBV). Many of the young girls living in rural areas face distance challenges that prevent them from…
View on Zencastr Adelle Onyango is a Kenyan media personality, podcaster and founder of the Adelle Onyango Initiative – an organisation that empowers youth and provides psycho-social support to African women survivors of rape. Through her podcast, Legally Clueless, she captures the raw human stories of everyday Africans. In this episode, Adelle shares the stories…
View on Zencastr In this episode, Yemisi Akinbobola Interviews Rachel Ombaka media editor, trainer and public speaker shares her experiences of sexual harassment in the newsroom and speaks passionately about her activism against this. Her interview is honest and personal, as she shares how childhood memories of gender-based violence impacted her own relationship with her…
Angela Benedicto talks to Fadhila Sadala of AWiM News about why she decided to establish an organisation in Tanzania tackling gender-based violence. — Growing up in Tanzania, Angela Benedicto always wanted to be a lawyer to defend human rights. However, she had a passion to be a woman activist fighting for women’s and girls’ rights…
“I didn’t know if my dreams would be stopped and interrupted, with no chance to make decisions in my life and was not given a chance to express myself at home, men in the family were the only ones with power to make decisions.” This was the fate of Suzana Mapo, a Tanzanian woman, has …
Introducing Her Media Diary, a podcast where Dr Yemisi Akinbobola speaks to some of the most influential women leaders in media. From intimate experiences of workplace dynamics to burning global issues like climate change, food security, and peacebuilding. Her Media Diary tackles these topics and more. Bringing you first-person accounts and solutions from across the…
Tanzania’s Parliament Speaker Dr Tulia Ackson has proposed the adoption of 21 years as the minimum age for a girl to get married in the country. “I think that 18 years is still unfit for a child to get married since she is still young to handle marriage duties at such an age. They should…
Leokadia Komba is a 33-year-old woman, who has three children struggling to return to her marriage after being chased by her spouse due to water shortage. “Every year women suffer due to shortage of water resulting from climatic change since wells dry up,” she said. “Climate change denied women rights in the village and caused…
“I remember the first day I went for cervical cancer screening, I can’t do it again since it is very intrusive, “she said. These were the words of Oliver Godwin from the Mwanza Region. Cervical cancer examination is becoming a greater challenge for women. According to World Health Organisation (WHO). Almost all cervical cancer cases…
