Veneranda Paul talks to Fadhila Sadala of AWiM News about why she decided to establish an organization in the Mwanza Region in the Northwestern part of Tanzania to fight against gender discrimination and defend girls’ rights to education. Growing up in Mwanza, located Northwestern part of Tanzania and on the Southern end of Lake Victoria,…
Jacqueline Mwakyambiki talks to Fadhila Sadala of AWiM News about why she decided to establish Mbeya’s most popular media outlet and platform. Growing up in Mbeya, located in the Southern West of Tanzania, Jacqueline Mwakyambiki always wanted to be a businessperson. However, she had a passion to be a mass communicator to reach a lot…
Makumi Matano* is a 10- year-old, Standard Three pupil at Amani Primary School in the Mwanza Region of Tanzania. Her academic performance dropped as a result of her parents overworking her thus denying her time to study. I spend much time doing household chores and performing small businesses. I don’t have any time to concentrate…
It is early morning in Tanzania’s lakeside city of Mwanza and the sun is shining brightly. Some few metres away, `the buzzing of the mill can be heard. This is the Ilemela District of Mwanza where about 19 women have set up a small startup where they process natural resources harvested from Lake Victoria. The…
Modesta Mselewa talks to Fadhila Sadala of AWiM News about why she decided to establish a radio station in the Geita Region in Northwestern Tanzania with a focus on fighting for gender equality. Growing up in Ruvuma, located in the Southern part of Tanzania, Modesta always wanted to be a businessperson. However, she had a…
By Fadhila Sadala Justina Mgisha, a 53-year-old woman with five children and a former secondary school teacher, describes how she exclusively raised her children after giving birth and going on maternity leave for three months. she was returning to work as normal, but her breasts would be clogged milk causing pain, she would only continue to…
Rhoda Michael from the Mwanza Region of Tanzania, was 16-year-old when her parents decided she was old enough to be married. They pulled her from school when she was in Form Three and took her to an older man. Her marriage lasted for three months only, and she fled after her father died in a…
