“Will you stop talking to your brother like that, don’t you know you’re a girl?” “Whatever your brother says or does to you, don’t ever fight or talk back at him, remember you’re a girl.” “You should be the one doing the house chores, don’t wait for your brother, he’s a boy and shouldn’t be…
Digital media present a plethora of benefits for news dissemination and distribution. Across all mediums, the internet has increased the speed of news and the various creative forms of storytelling. For journalists, it has amplified the spaces they occupy, as well as the conversations they can start and contribute to. It is for these reasons…
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…
Gender inequality remains to be an issue in every sector, especially those that were historically deemed as male-dominated professions. A depiction of journalism in the early 19th century consists of women being told their place of work was at home. Any woman with the aspiration of being a journalist was struck down and told it…
Female entrepreneurs in Tunisia are breaking into the startup industry. With ideas ranging from eco-solutions to digital innovation, it’s clear they mean business. But one area remains relatively untouched by Tunisian women: fintech. What is fintech? A fintech company is any business that relies on software for its financial services. The goal is to streamline…
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…
Kano Gently, Yasmin peddles the sewing machine to finish up a maternity gown earlier started by her tutor. Her mind gushes through thoughts of the hard times that Covid-19 has placed her mother’s business, lowering it to its barest minimum and her inability to write Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) exams due to technical…
