From Minna, a not-so-famous city in Niger State, Nigeria, the story of a young female journalist with a burning desire to make an impact in the world through her little means began and has since blossomed into full bloom. Justina Ashishana began her journalism career as an intern at The Nation newspaper in 2011 upon…
Introducing Bokani King, a multi-skilled and enterprising journalist who has just joined Women in News (WIN) as their new Chairperson. AWiM News got to hear first-hand about her journey as a female journalist and the vast ideas she plans to implement in her new position to achieve gender equality in the media. — In a…
Meet Sarah Sedky, an Egyptian-Dutch woman who knows all about the power of social media. She is also a dyslexia activist who speaks English, Arabic, and Dutch- which probably comes in handy as the founder of Dyslexia Community Worldwide. “I knew I wanted to help other dyslexics when I moved back to Egypt at the…
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…
From one woman to a network of Zimbabwean female writers transforming African Literature across the world. AWiM News speaks with Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure on her journey to becoming a Zimbabwean author and publisher for many others who have been rendered invisible. — Shona, the mother tongue for many Zimbabwean natives and one of the Bantu…
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…
What if someone told you they had an alternative solution to sanitary-pad absorption? No, not menstrual cups, tampons or even a pill, but a more innovative method to absorb period blood during that time of the month. Even more striking is that they look just like the average underwear: sleek black panties with a comfortable…
It’s a calm Saturday morning in Jalingo, the capital city of Taraba State, one of Nigeria’s yet-to-be harnessed states. The day is also a work-free day for members of the nation’s Youth Service Corp; a mandatory one-year national service programme for graduates of tertiary institutions in the country and diaspora. One of the newly sworn-in…
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…
The baobab tree is found in many countries in South, West and East Africa, but many take it for granted. In Zimbabwe, where baobab woodlands are often cleared to make space for farmland, increased interest in the baobab fruit has elicited keen interest to conserve the indigenous African tree, writes Tafadzwa Murangwana Ten years ago,…
It started as a fight for water and grass and turned into a series of wars that never seemed to end until women said enough and proposed a better system where everyone’s livestock gets to graze. Women from Isiolo, Kenya told Mercy Adhiambo how they brought order and peace to their community through environmental conservation….
