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1 week ago | 
awimnews.com | Elizabeth Angira
“I do not just make clothes, I create East African stories. Every fabric I use has crossed a border, carrying culture, craft, and connection,” she remarks as she receives a shipment of earthy Ugandan bark cloth just hours after the arrival of a consignment of vibrant Tanzanian khanga fabrics. Mary Wamboi, a designer with the Nairobi workshop of Fashion, exemplifies the burgeoning cross-border collaboration among players in the East African textile and fashion industry.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
awimnews.com | Nusaiba Ibrahim |African queer women |Yemisi Akinbobola |Barakat Sanni
“The world can end AIDS – if everyone’s rights are protected.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
awimnews.com | Yemisi Akinbobola |African queer women |Barakat Sanni
Melkamsew Selomon is a journalist with over 15 years of experience and also a Board Member of the Ethiopian Media Women Association (EMWA). Melkam shares her inspiring journey from growing up in Addis Ababa to becoming a prominent journalist and advocate for gender equality in media. She discusses her early life challenges, her pursuit of education, and her transition into journalism. Melkam’s path to journalism was not a straightforward one.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
awimnews.com | African queer women |Yemisi Akinbobola |Barakat Sanni
As the event winds down on December 6, 2024, conversations around ‘repositioning the media ecosystem to tackle the challenges of digitisation, artificial intelligence, and sustainability, took centre stage, featuring professionals from around the world and Africa in Dakar, the capital city of Senegal.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
awimnews.com | Barakat Sanni |African queer women |Yemisi Akinbobola
From Sonia Dahmani, a Tunisian lawyer and political commentator who was arrested after a live broadcast on France24 for critiquing Tunisia’s standard of living,to Maryline Duma, briefly detained while covering Dahmani’s arrest — women journalists in North Africa face severe consequences for reporting on political issues.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
awimnews.com | African queer women |Barakat Sanni |Yemisi Akinbobola
‘’OUR IMPACT IN YOUR WORDS’’Kigali Declaration (KD) signatories belong to a community dedicated to change, equipped with resource, training, and a clear framework for advancing ethical practices across the continent. Some of the signatories who have committed to addressing GBV not only in their stories but also within newsroom practices share their success stories with AWiM .
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
awimnews.com | African queer women |Yemisi Akinbobola |Rose Mukonyo
The long-awaited AWiM24 , “Media and Sustainability” conference kick-started in Dakar , Senegal on thursday 5th December 2024. The flurry of activities started on Wednesday 4th December with the UNESCO Pre-Conference Session, with focus on advancing media development and sustainability. The Pre-conference sponsored by UNESCO was organised to set the stage for advancing media development and sustainability, sparking vital conversations on safety, resilience, and innovation in the AI era.
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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.
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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.
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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.