Khartoum Khartoum is choking on waste to an extent that as a journalist, I found it hard to concentrate on one environmental issue and leave the others. If we are not talking about pollution and waste crisis, then it is illegal logging or erratic power and water supplies. All of these have adversely affected women…
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’s a lazy Saturday afternoon. You flip through TV channels while having lunch, drumming your fingers impatiently while you wait for the barrage of ads to cease. Egyptian TV offers plenty of advertisements but little range. Glamorous women sport-chic styles and glowing skin, but you are struck by something else. They are all skinny and…
As days turn into months, months into years and years into decades, the clamour for equal participation of both male and female gender in all sectors continues to increase. This clamour is seen to be more rampant among women who are always seen playing the gender card on issues and situations where they do not…
“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…
