CATCHAFIRE is an organization that matches professionals who want to donate their time and talent with nonprofits who need those skills. It is a for-purpose social enterprise, Public-Benefit Corporation1, and certified B-Corp – a new type of business model that demonstrates that a focus on a social mission and a goal to build a successful… Continue reading CATCHAFIRE Offers Volunteer Expertise on Key Issues
Our team in Sierra Leone has been selected to be an Internews local media partner and for emergency funding through its Rapid Response Fund, launched to support community media during the COVID-19 crisis. We were chosen out of hundreds of media outlets applying from more than 80 countries. The emergency funds have already been put… Continue reading INTERNEWS Provides a Covid-19 Rapid Response Grant
The team leading the Issues Affecting Women Programme at the Oak Foundation have made an emergency Covid-19 grant to MMW with a focus on domestic violence, the “epidemic within the epidemic.” With this funding our MMW-SL team is mobilizing quickly to be able to reach the most vulnerable populations during this crisis. MMW is uniquely… Continue reading OAK FOUNDATION Chooses MMW in Sierra Leone for Emergency Covid-19 Grant
Listeners at Yeali Sanda, a small community outside of Makeni, gather with Zainab Mummy Tholley, one of our Youth Advocates, at a MMW-SL Listening Centre. Zainab took the lead in playing and discussing our latest podcast on sexual and reproductive health as well as an episode of our popular drama series “Mamie & Omo” on human trafficking.… Continue reading Youth Advocates At Work in Yeali Sanda
“Mamie & Omo,” is back! The original series that aired on Cotton Tree News in post-conflict Sierra Leone has been revived by Media Matters for Women – Sierra Leone and is now playing to huge audiences nationwide. The two key fictional characters of the show were played by CTN journalists who are now part of our MMW-SL… Continue reading MMW-SL Revival of “Mamie & Omo” Draws Large Audiences
The MMW International Advisory Board recently agreed to begin partnering with privately held companies operating in the least developed countries, helping companies in the private sector to achieve their social and economic goals in the countries where they work, especially meeting IFC Standard 7 on indigenous peoples and SDG 5 on gender equality, particularly SDG 5(B) to… Continue reading MMW Initiative with Financial Development Institutions
by Nate Sebree Senior at University of Washington Seattle, Washington The work done by NGOs in developing countries has always fascinated and inspired me, and I have a keen interest in working in this field when I graduate. This summer I had the privilege of working alongside some of Sierra Leone’s hard-working and dedicated female… Continue reading Second MMW Summer Volunteer in Sierra Leone
MMW-SL has strengthened our fifteen Listening Centers by hiring and training 30 Youth Advocates, young women and men beween the ages of 18 to 24 who are now active participants in extending our programming to “last mile” women and girls. Traveling by foot or by motorbike, they increased engagement among our target populations on SRHR advocacy… Continue reading 30 New Youth Advocates Significantly Extend Our Broadcast Reach in Sierra Leone
We are thrilled to announce that Amplify Change has awarded Media Matters for Women – Sierra Leone their € 89,000 Strengthening grant! Our project will begin March 11, 2019. Florence Njai-Sesay will serve as our Project Coordinator and Abibatu Kamara as our Finance Officer. Our Senior Journalists are Alinah Kallon, Ndeamoh Mansaray, and Zainab Sheriff. The new project… Continue reading New “Amplify Change” Grant Funding for 2019-20
Media Matters for Women applied for and was selected for the second round of competition of the TED Audacious Prize 2019! This is a relatively new global initiative for launching big, audacious ideas like ours. Our first submission was a superb team effort, including a video created by our team in Sierra Leone. We were… Continue reading TED Audacious Prize 2019 – MMW Advances to the Second Round
Thanks to the success of our first two pilot phases focused on distribution, and to a new grant from the Oak Foundation, we are now training our journalists in the production of our podcast format in the Congo. Earlier this year, MMW and its Congolese partner SOFEPADI completed two highly successful pilot projects focused on… Continue reading DRC Partner Project Update
Democratic Republic of Congo Thanks to the success of our first two pilot phases focused on distribution, and to a new grant from the Oak Foundation, we are now training our journalists in the production of our podcast format in the Congo. Earlier this year, MMW and its Congolese partner SOFEPADI completed two highly successful… Continue reading Congolese Journalists Ready for Next Phase
Thanks to the success of our first two pilot phases focused on distribution, and to a new grant from the Oak Foundation, we are now training our journalists in the production of our podcast format in the Congo. Earlier this year, MMW and its Congolese partner SOFEPADI completed two highly successful pilot projects focused on… Continue reading Congolese Journalists Ready for Next Phase
We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Bintu Conteh, Senior Journalist for Media Matters for Women in Sierra Leone. Bintu was one of the founding journalists for Media Matters for Women and was highly regarded by all who worked with her. Her work touched the lives of thousands… Continue reading Media Matters for Women Mourns Loss of Bintu Conteh
Media Matters for Women Sierra Leone is now ready to roll out our concept into additional regions of the country. Our plan is to expand beyond our core work of producing and distributing original podcasts using mobile phones, and to also include leadership and advocacy training as well as communication and network building with local… Continue reading New Project Proposal for MMW in Sierra Leone
By Jane ThurowSenior in Communications at Carthage CollegeWisconsin, USA This summer I was fortunate to be Media Matters for Women’s first volunteer intern. It gave me an extraordinary opportunity to learn first-hand about Media Matters for Women’s innovative concept for delivering information to underserved women and girls in Africa. The highlight was working with their… Continue reading Insights from MMW’s First Summer Intern in Sierra Leone
Women who come for medical care at the Karibuni Wamama Hospital in Bunia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) find that it is also a Media Matters for Women Listening Center. SOFEPADI, our local partner in the DRC, runs the Karibuni Wamama Hospital in addition to many other key services for women and girls.… Continue reading Local Partner Activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo
By Ndeamoh Mansaray, MMW Sierra Leone, Senior Journalist In the lead up to the 2018 presidential elections in Sierra Leone, our female journalists were engaging women from local communities on their right to equal participation and representation in democratic processes. Our senior journalists produced weekly podcasts for distribution through fifteen community-based listening centres and peer-to-peer… Continue reading Promoting the Rights of Women and Girls to Vote in Sierra Leone’s National Elections
We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Bintu Conteh, Senior Journalist for Media Matters for Women in Sierra Leone. Bintu was one of the founding journalists for Media Matters for Women and was highly regarded by all who worked with her. Her work touched the lives of thousands… Continue reading Media Matters for Women mourns loss of Bintu Conteh
Julienne Lusenge honoured with International Women’s Rights Award A cross-regional alliance of 25 human rights organisations in Geneva, Switzerland has chosen Julienne Lusenge, Country Director of Media Matters for Women’s Wamama Tujenge podcast programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to receive the 2018 International Women’s Rights Award from the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy. Julienne… Continue reading Director of MMW Partner in DRC Receives Global Award
Media Matters for Women and our two partners in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) — Female Solidarity for Integrated Peace and Development (SOFEPADI) and Women@TheTable — received a grant from Millicom Foundation to create a pilot podcast called Wamama Tujenge (“Women Building Peace”). It was first broadcast across the DRC on 25 November, 2017 as part of the… Continue reading MMW Partnership Begins in Democratic Republic of Congo
Media Matters for Women is rolling out our concept to rural areas of Central and East Africa following four years of successful programming in Sierra Leone. Jeanne Kibuo Mbweki, an experienced broadcast journalist working with the Fund For Congolese Women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was flown by Media Matters for Women to… Continue reading Replicating Our Success in DRC
Media Matters for Women and our two partners in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) — Female Solidarity for Integrated Peace and Development (SOFEPADI) and Women@TheTable — received a grant from Millicom Foundation to create a pilot podcast called Wamama Tujenge (“Women Building Peace”). It was first broadcast across the DRC on 25 November, 2017 as part of the… Continue reading Latest News on DRC Project
