By Maimuna Muhammad Babangida

Journalist’s mental health as a culture of silence

This report focuses on the need for more awareness of the effect mental health has on journalists. Giving a women’s perspective, journalist Aisha Wakaso shares her battle with mental health and how it inspired her to become an advocate for mental health in Nigeria.

This story is part of the African Women in Media (AWIM)/ UNESCO Peace and Security Journalism Programme

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