Sierra Leone Passes ‘Ground Breaking’ Gender Equality Law-By Alinah O. Kallon, MMW senior journalist “As a woman and an activist, I feel fulfilled that all our efforts have not gone in vain. We now have a law to protect women in this country,” declared Emelia Kamara Jengo of Makeni in northern Sierra Leone. She was expressing satisfaction about the landmark Gender Equality […]
MMW-SL STAFF RECEIVES CHRISTMAS BONUS-Staff and field workers across MMWSL’s three regions of operation have received their Christmas bonuses as the festive celebrations commences. The Christmas bonus initiative is a yearly event that has been going on since the organization’s establishment. Over eighty staff which includes field workers received the bonus in the form of cash in appreciation of […]
MMW Celebrates Inter-generational Dialogue During 16 Days of Activism-by MMW Senior Journalist Alinah Kallon Media Matters for Women in collaboration with Rainbo Initiative, Ministry of Gender and Children’s Affairs launches 16 Days of Activism Campaign in Makeni, Bombali District. The 16 Days of Activism against all forms of violence against women and girls is an annual event from 25th November to 10 December. […]
WESTERN RURAL DISTRICT’S SUCCESSFUL PERIOD POWER PROJECT-by MMW Senior Journalist Ndeamoh Mansaray Media Matters for Women’s second Period Power Project commenced at the end of October. Ten schools participated as part of a three-district partnership. The project supplied equipment and materials included two rolls of materials, scissors, boxes of threads, needles, buttons etc and detailed handouts on menstruation and sanitary hygiene […]
Media Matters for Women Concludes its Period Power Project with a Grand Finale-By Alinah Kallon In 2020-21 Media Matters for Women launched our Period Power Project, first in the pilot phase. The initial project yielded a huge success. We taught our listeners (Adolescent Girls) to create and sew their own menstrual pads as they listened and conversed about the information provided by district midwives concerning all aspects […]
Florence Sesay Named to Estée Lauder Leadership Program-For media requests, please contact info@mediamattersforwomen.org NEWS RELEASE – Freetown, Sierra Leone, Nov. 14, 2022 – Florence Sesay, the executive director of the non-profit Media Matters for Women based in Freetown, Sierra Leone, has been selected as a visionary leader by the Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund and Vital Voices GlobalPartnership.Sesay joins a group of 50 […]
MMW-SL Project Director Florence Sesay Selected for 2020 B-PEACE Award-Florence Njai-Sesay, our Project Director in Sierra Leone, received the prestigious “2020 Women Forward Award: Mentor of Distinction” from Bpeace (The Business Council for Peace International – www.bpeace.org). The globally attended on-line award ceremony was followed by a surprise celebration event held for Florence in Freetown by the MMW-SL Board Chair Mariama Khai Fournah and many from the MMW-SL […]
OAK FOUNDATION Chooses MMW in Sierra Leone for Emergency Covid-19 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 […]
MMW Initiative with Financial Development Institutions-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 […]
30 New Youth Advocates Significantly Extend Our Broadcast Reach 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 […]
DRC Partner Project Update-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 […]
Congolese Journalists Ready for Next Phase-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 […]
Sierra Leone Passes ‘Ground Breaking’ Gender Equality Law - By Alinah O. Kallon, MMW senior journalist “As a woman and an activist, I feel fulfilled that all our efforts have not gone in vain. We now have a law to protect women in this country,” declared Emelia Kamara Jengo of Makeni in northern Sierra Leone. She was expressing satisfaction about the landmark Gender Equality […]
MMW-SL STAFF RECEIVES CHRISTMAS BONUS - Staff and field workers across MMWSL’s three regions of operation have received their Christmas bonuses as the festive celebrations commences. The Christmas bonus initiative is a yearly event that has been going on since the organization’s establishment. Over eighty staff which includes field workers received the bonus in the form of cash in appreciation of […]
MMW Celebrates Inter-generational Dialogue During 16 Days of Activism - by MMW Senior Journalist Alinah Kallon Media Matters for Women in collaboration with Rainbo Initiative, Ministry of Gender and Children’s Affairs launches 16 Days of Activism Campaign in Makeni, Bombali District. The 16 Days of Activism against all forms of violence against women and girls is an annual event from 25th November to 10 December. […]
WESTERN RURAL DISTRICT’S SUCCESSFUL PERIOD POWER PROJECT - by MMW Senior Journalist Ndeamoh Mansaray Media Matters for Women’s second Period Power Project commenced at the end of October. Ten schools participated as part of a three-district partnership. The project supplied equipment and materials included two rolls of materials, scissors, boxes of threads, needles, buttons etc and detailed handouts on menstruation and sanitary hygiene […]
Media Matters for Women Concludes its Period Power Project with a Grand Finale - By Alinah Kallon In 2020-21 Media Matters for Women launched our Period Power Project, first in the pilot phase. The initial project yielded a huge success. We taught our listeners (Adolescent Girls) to create and sew their own menstrual pads as they listened and conversed about the information provided by district midwives concerning all aspects […]
Florence Sesay Named to Estée Lauder Leadership Program - For media requests, please contact info@mediamattersforwomen.org NEWS RELEASE – Freetown, Sierra Leone, Nov. 14, 2022 – Florence Sesay, the executive director of the non-profit Media Matters for Women based in Freetown, Sierra Leone, has been selected as a visionary leader by the Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund and Vital Voices GlobalPartnership.Sesay joins a group of 50 […]
MMW-SL Project Director Florence Sesay Selected for 2020 B-PEACE Award - Florence Njai-Sesay, our Project Director in Sierra Leone, received the prestigious “2020 Women Forward Award: Mentor of Distinction” from Bpeace (The Business Council for Peace International – www.bpeace.org). The globally attended on-line award ceremony was followed by a surprise celebration event held for Florence in Freetown by the MMW-SL Board Chair Mariama Khai Fournah and many from the MMW-SL […]
OAK FOUNDATION Chooses MMW in Sierra Leone for Emergency Covid-19 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 […]
MMW Initiative with Financial Development Institutions - 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 […]
30 New Youth Advocates Significantly Extend Our Broadcast Reach 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 […]
DRC Partner Project Update - 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 […]
Congolese Journalists Ready for Next Phase - 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 […]