Sarah Magdy starts off one video with the announcement that she’s a millionaire. But it’s not what you think. She then holds up some cash and explains that it’s actually 3 million Lebanese Lira- that’s just shy of $2000. What comes next is a crash course on currency power and some insight into Lebanon’s dire…
After 16-year-old Benard* was diagnosed with HIV, all he needed was meaningful engagement, counselling and proper medication to achieve viral load suppression and continue his normal life without being constantly down with sickness, but factors such as poor parental care, ignorance, non-adherence to a regimen, poor nutrition and poverty among other things deprived him of…
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 …
Video games have taken on a new life with social media and live streaming services. But in North Africa the world of tournaments and gaming content is just beginning to really heat up. MENA girl-gamers are also attracting more notice. Three of them sat down with AWiM News to give insight into the community along…
Paulinah Somo is a South African Tv and Radio producer, host and many other titles that make her a multifaceted storyteller. In this exclusive interview with AWiM News, she shares her unique upbringing and how it shaped the storyteller she is today. — Sometimes the moments of silence and solitude can bring out the most…
Kenanao and Keikantse Phele are two sisters that are celebrating diverse storytellers in Africa through their non-profit organisation: Gaborone Book Festival Trust (GBF). Join us as we learn how they are transforming the minds of readers and future writers. — Last year the Covid-19 pandemic introduced a bigger scale of virtual events. In-person events…
On Friday, September 9th, 2022, a 38-year-old Nigerian was reportedly arrested for sexually abusing his 14-year-old niece who was under his custody. This is similar to the experience of 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 13 boys who have been sexually exploited or abused before reaching the age of 18 globally according to UNICEF…
Earlier in January, Zainab Adams was shortlisted alongside 23 other female journalism students to attend a workshop on digital rights and gender-based violence reporting organised by a Non-Profit Organisation, Education as Vaccine (EVA) in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. She didn’t know that the knowledge she would gain during the workshop will one day come in handy…
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…
In May 2020, a 39-year-old Nigerian woman reportedly died of complications after giving birth inside a church located in Lagos State, Nigeria. This is only one out of several cases of maternal deaths in Nigeria resulting from complications during childbirth which could have been avoided if professional healthcare providers were readily available. According to a…
