Kenanao and Keikantse Phele are two sisters that are celebrating diverse storytellers in Africa through their non-profit organisation: Gaborone Book Festival Trust (GBF). Join us as we learn how they are transforming the minds of readers and future writers. — Last year the Covid-19 pandemic introduced a bigger scale of virtual events. In-person events…
On Friday, September 9th, 2022, a 38-year-old Nigerian was reportedly arrested for sexually abusing his 14-year-old niece who was under his custody. This is similar to the experience of 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 13 boys who have been sexually exploited or abused before reaching the age of 18 globally according to UNICEF…
Earlier in January, Zainab Adams was shortlisted alongside 23 other female journalism students to attend a workshop on digital rights and gender-based violence reporting organised by a Non-Profit Organisation, Education as Vaccine (EVA) in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. She didn’t know that the knowledge she would gain during the workshop will one day come in handy…
Earlier this year, Bassant Khaled’s death made headlines across Egypt and even internationally. Pieces of her story were widely shared across social media before the whole picture came to light. A young man had blackmailed her with faked photos of her after she rejected his advances. She died by suicide not long after, and left…
In May 2020, a 39-year-old Nigerian woman reportedly died of complications after giving birth inside a church located in Lagos State, Nigeria. This is only one out of several cases of maternal deaths in Nigeria resulting from complications during childbirth which could have been avoided if professional healthcare providers were readily available. According to a…
Gulnar Esmat remembers when the symptoms started. One after the other like dominoes. Nothing felt right. Doctors said it was anxiety, but she was never an anxious person. They claimed the insomnia was just another symptom, but she was always a fast sleeper. Some even concluded it was a nervous breakdown. The medications helped, but…
Rejoice Amuntenya and Mehafo Amunyela are two students who have started the first ever Namibian magazine for young adults: Afterbreak Magazine. AWiM speaks to both of them to hear how it all began and what they hope to achieve for youths in Namibia. — Magazines and newspapers are the most notable traditional forms of media….
Amid the ongoing Cameroonian civil war which started as a low-scale insurgency in the Southern Cameroons leaving thousands of people killed and more than half a million displaced, a female journalist has set up a foundation to empower women and Internally Displaced Persons with relevant skills through capacity training among other things. A 2021 report…
“I remember the first day I went for cervical cancer screening, I can’t do it again since it is very intrusive, “she said. These were the words of Oliver Godwin from the Mwanza Region. Cervical cancer examination is becoming a greater challenge for women. According to World Health Organisation (WHO). Almost all cervical cancer cases…
Podcasting has brought audio conversations to the digital age. The podcast boom in the MENA region is especially exciting for Egyptian women right at the centre of it. When Egyptian audiophiles and creatives started looking at podcasting as a powerful tool, they had to think of just how to stand out. The Egyptian Streets Podcast…
Jacqueline Mwakyambiki talks to Fadhila Sadala of AWiM News about why she decided to establish Mbeya’s most popular media outlet and platform. Growing up in Mbeya, located in the Southern West of Tanzania, Jacqueline Mwakyambiki always wanted to be a businessperson. However, she had a passion to be a mass communicator to reach a lot…
Kerawa It is one of those hot mornings in the Kerawa Refugee Camp in Cameroon’s arid Far North region. So hot that by 8 AM, temperatures are soaring up to 47 degrees Celcius. A good number of the women and children displaced by the recent intercommunal clashes are up and about. At one end of…
