Marking the 6th year of the esteemed AWiM Conference, media professionals, students, experts, and civil society organisations across Africa join together to tackle issues surrounding gender inequality in the industry. The conference featured a new format of hybrid meeting. — The African Women in Media (AWiM) sixth annual conference opened on Thursday in Morocco’s historical…
The AWiM2022 conference has commenced and it has gathered together an array of innovative experts to dissect the media’s role in issues affecting African women today. This year it’s all taking place in Morocco and many of the conversations revolve around the shifting opinions in the country. Though many positive changes have occurred in Moroccan…
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…
The AWiM/UNESCO Peace and Security journalism programme aims at enhancing the capacity of African female journalists on reporting peace and security. It aims to build the capacity of African women journalists to apply solutions journalism to reporting on women’s issues in peace and security. The project started by capacity training of selected journalists in solutions…
Imagine spending sleepless nights because of wild animals roaming freely outside your home. And when you wake up in the morning, all your crops are gone. This is the fate of the Maasai community in Nyango village located in the southern coastal region of Kenya. As climate change accelerates, its impacts exacerbate existing social, economic,…
In this story, Buna Juliet highlights the plights of pregnant inmates vis-a-vis the provisions of the law for the welfare of pregnant inmates in Nigeria. This story was supported by African Women in Media (AWiM) as part of the Reporting Violence Against Women and Girls initiative.
Insecurity in many parts of Nigeria has led to the displacement of families and the shutting down of schools. This has sent many girls out of school and to the streets, crushing their dreams as they struggle to fend for themselves and their families through street begging and other forms of child labour. In this…
“I was married off to Ahmed at 17. I eventually made the decision to end my marriage to him after ten years,” said Jamila Haruna*, 27-year-old mother of five, who suffered for 10 years before finally deciding to leave her abusive husband. Jamila is from the Ugwan Yanma area of Kontagora in Niger State. “I…
12-year-old Chinecherem* did not know that her life will change automatically that eerie mid-morning, past midnight, on 24th August 2022, when she went outside of her house to answer the call of nature. Raised by a single mum, Chinecherem* lived with the mother and brother in an apartment that has no toilet facilities; hence they practice…
Ketu-Alapere is a very popular and densely populated area in Lagos state, Nigeria. It is believed to be one of the oldest settlements in the state. Ketu is popularly known for its proximity to ‘Mile 12’ the major food and fruit market in Lagos. That is where Iya Bili*, a mother of two, sells agbo…
Sara El Laithy always loved the sea. But it wasn’t until 2016 that she became a mermaid. In fact, she is considered to be Egypt’s first mermaid. As a child, she was not just drawn to the water, but to the world teeming with marine life meters below. El Laithy wanted to play a real…
