Traduit en français par Ngo Ngimbous Fidèle Juliette Cliquez pour lire en anglais C’était un moment qui allait bouleverser le cours de sa vie. Assise auprès de sa sœur, récemment installée en Côte d’Ivoire, elle écoutait attentivement les histoires à propos de nouvelles opportunités, de progrès et de nouveau commencement. « Jamais je n’aurais imaginé…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lagos, Nigeria – 4 February 2025 – The African Women in Media Conference 2024 (AWiM24) successfully hosted a pivotal workshop on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV). The session, held on 5-6 December 2024, brought together media professionals, policymakers, and civil society stakeholders to address the increasing challenges of online…
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…
The report for African Women in Media’s (AWiM) sixth conference (#AWiM2022 which took place in Fez, Morocco on 8-9 December is finally out. Themed “United in Action,”’ discussions were wide-ranging across three sub-themes: Gender Equality in and through Media; Collective Action and Representation; and Media Business and Global Challenges. ‘United in Action’ refers to the…
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…
This story is part of the African Women in Media (AWiM) Peace and Security Journalism Programme in partnership with UNESCO, through the IPDC framework.
Morocco has become a crossroads for various types of migration, including labor migrants, international students, and transit migrants. Although transit migration represents the smallest group statistically, it remains the primary focus of Moroccan and European policymakers, as well as the media. Migrants have always been at the center of discussions in Morocco, a country…
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…
In Partnership with Politics in Nigeria starts in various local communities and wards This story walks us through the importance of grassroots mobilisation to ensure many women vote Ede, a tailor in Edo State was unsure if she would vote in the lead-up to the 2023 elections. However, this soon changed on a certain evening…
In the midst of the pandemic, women have found new opportunities online, writes Mercy Mangwana The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the uptake of digital tools and services and scaled up the global transition towards a digital economy. The Economist reckons that the usage of mobile internet grew faster in the first quarter of 2020, as citizens, governments and…
Bloggers troll women daily! This story brings to light how women leaders have been bullied, maligned, slut shamed, and have had malicious stories planted about them on online platforms the moment they announce their political bids. “I felt so naked. I felt very naked.” Sarah Wanjiku Thiga, who vied for the Member of County Assembly…
Lusaka As the ravages of COVID-19 swept across the globe like wildfire, the killer virus did not only claim millions of human lives but also ended people’s jobs. Before the onset of the pandemic, 34-year-old Hamilambo Abriella had a well-paying job in the national park from which she fed her two children. But when the…
