Nyima Sillah

Dec 3, 2024 | awimnews.com | Yemisi Akinbobola |Rose Mukonyo |African queer women |Nyima Sillah

Mwape Kumwenda is an accomplished journalist and co-founder of Crown TV, Zambia with over 1o years of experience. She shares her experience growing up in Kabwe, Zambia where she witnessed firsthand the vulnerabilities faced by women and girls in her community. This early exposure to gender-based violence fueled her passion for justice, initially leading her to aspire to become a lawyer.

Nov 27, 2024 | awimnews.com | Rose Mukonyo |African queer women |Nyima Sillah |Nusaiba Ibrahim

Photo Credit: Muhammad-Taha Ibrahim onUnsplashScholastica Naliaka, now 14, from Busia County, Kenya, suffered a devastating experience of sexual abuse at the hands of a well known neighbor when she was just 12 years old. The perpetrator, a record keeper at a local health facility, assaulted her on her way home from school, threatening her with death if she spoke out and bribing her with money to stay silent.

Nov 27, 2024 | awimnews.com | African queer women |Nyima Sillah |Nusaiba Ibrahim |Yemisi Akinbobola

Spotlight on RwandaRwanda has long been a beacon of progress in addressing gender-based violence (GBV) and promoting gender equality. In alignment with the Kigali Declaration’s mission to eliminate GBV in and through media, we are proud to feature initiatives from Rwandan organizations actively driving this change.

Nov 27, 2024 | awimnews.com | Nyima Sillah |Nusaiba Ibrahim |African queer women |Yemisi Akinbobola

“I am currently on medication to end the infection I got because of FGM. I treat it until I get fed up because it is hard for me to get rid of even for a month. The infection vanishes and comes back within a week’’Binta Ceesay, a survivor of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Gambia, narrates her sad experience of being circumcised without understanding the violation of her health rights.

Aug 1, 2024 | missingperspectives.com | Nyima Sillah

CW: Discussion of FGM and violence against womenSince the National Assembly decision to reject the private member's bill that sought to repeal the ban on FGM in The Gambia, different perspectives on this topic have been shared across the country. Former Women’s Bureau executive director Aja Binta Jammeh-Sidibeh in her reaction to the rejection of the pro-FGM/C bill told Missing Perspectives that its rejection was a guarantee of the safety of Gambian women and children.