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
A new Board of Directors for Media Matters for Women in Sierra Leone has been formed to provide strategic advice and support to our excellent team of journalists in Sierra Leone. The Board Chair is Fatmata Dainkeh Katta who, like many of the other new board members, began her radio career at Cotton Tree News (CTN), the… Continue reading New Leadership in Sierra Leone
Sarah Bomkapre Kamara, a Sierra Leonian currently earning her PhD in journalism in Germany, completed a comprehensive evaluation of Media Matters for Women’s work in Sierra Leone in June 2017. Sarah’s task was to determine how our pilot projects had performed in effectively communicating with “last mile” populations and to understand whether our programs had… Continue reading Measuring Impact in Sierra Leone
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 Update on DRC Project
We have archived all 160+ Media Matters for Women original content programmes to SoundCloud and crowdCaster. The most recent programme from Sierra Leone was by Alinah Kallon, Senior Journalist in Makeni, titled Protecting the Environment, a subject of particular importance to Sierra Leonian rural women and girls following the recent mudslide disaster near Freetown. Alinah’s programme includes interviews with: Bintu Kelfala,… Continue reading Latest MMW Podcasts All Online
