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MMW Concludes Powerful 16 Days of Activism Campaign Across Sierra Leone
Shridhar Sinha
MMW Concludes Powerful 16 Days of Activism Campaign Across Sierra Leone by Alinah Kallon Media Matters for Women (MMW) has concluded its 2025 16 Days ...
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A Day in the Life of a Journalist: Josephine
Lise Meyrick
Written by Josephine Kamara At six in the morning, my phone buzzes. It is prayer time, my day has begun. My mother rises for her ...
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A Day in My Life as a Female Journalist In The Northern Part of Sierra Leone
Lise Meyrick
A Day in My Life as a Female Journalist In The Northern Part of Sierra Leone By Alimatu Koroma It’s 7:30 in the morning. My ...
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A Day In My Life
Lise Meyrick
A Day In My Life My name is Zainab Sheriff J. I was born in the Eastern part of Sierra Leone. I am Mende – ...
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Protecting Girls, Strengthening Voices: MMW Leads Community Workshops on Underage FGM in Bombali District
Lise Meyrick
Written by Alinah Kallon Media Matters for Women (MMW) has launched a four-day workshop series this week focused on raising awareness and strengthening community action ...
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Media Matters for Women Provides Borehole Water Well for Matainkay Community
Shridhar Sinha
Media Matters for Women Provides Borehole Water Well for Matainkay Community Written by Josephine Kamara For more than a decade, residents of Matainkay Community in ...
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Period Power Project: Empowering Girls and Boys to Break the Silence Around Menstruation
Shridhar Sinha
Period Power Project: Empowering Girls and Boys to Break the Silence Around Menstruation Written by Alimatu Koroma Media Matters for Women (MMW) has launched a ...
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Celebrating the Power of Girls
Lise Meyrick
Celebrating the Power of Girls Written by Alinah Kallon International Day of the Girl Child, October 11 Every year on October 11th, the world ...
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Communities Speak Out on Skills, Drugs, and Women’s Rights
Lise Meyrick
Communities Speak Out on Skills, Drugs, and Women’s Rights Written by Josephine Kamara The Samuyu Women Listening Center recently hosted podcasts on issues ranging from ...
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Clean Water, Changed Lives: The Story of Rogbom Sella Community
Lise Meyrick
Clean Water, Changed Lives: The Story of Rogbom Sella Community Written by Alimatu Koroma In the heart of Rogbom Sella, a remote community in the ...
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MMW Participates in ISOC BOLT and Resiliency Grantee Meeting in Nairobi
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MMW Participates in ISOC BOLT and Resiliency Grantee Meeting in Nairobi Written by Alinah Kallon Media Matters for Women (MMW) joined grantees from across Africa ...
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Rural Girls in Sierra Leone Step Into the Future with Artificial Intelligence (AI) Learning
Sharon Bylenga
Rural Girls in Sierra Leone Step Into the Future with Artificial Intelligence (AI) Learning Makeni, Sierra Leone — In a groundbreaking move to eliminate ...
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Period Power: Breaking Taboos, Changing Lives
Muaz Cisse
Period Power: Breaking Taboos, Changing Lives Freetown, Sierra Leone – MMW’s Period Power Project, an initiative focused on menstrual health education and dignity for girls ...
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Florence Sesay, MMW’s Executive Director in Sierra Leone, becomes a King’s College London ‘Changemaker’
Muaz Cisse
Florence Sesay, MMW’s Executive Director in Sierra Leone, becomes a King’s College London ‘Changemaker’ Florence Sesay, MMW’s Sierra Leone Executive Director, has become the second ...
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MMW Wins Athena40 “Advocate for the Rights of Women” Award
Camille Fowler
MMW Wins Athena40 “Advocate for the Rights of Women” Award We are honored to announce that Athena40 presented MMW with the “Advocate for the Rights ...
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Media Matters for Women Completes our 10th Year of Advocating for Women and Girls’ Rights in Sierra Leone
Madeline MacKenzie
Media Matters for Women 10th Anniversary Sierra Leone This year Media Matters for Women celebrated 10 years of serving some of the most vulnerable people ...
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Media Matters for Women at the Paris Peace Forum
Madeline MacKenzie
The Media Matters for Women team showcased our female-owned aquaculture project at the annual Paris Peace Forum. The fish farm, which was supported by the ...
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MMW’s Period Power Project Plants the Seed for Teen’s Entrepreneurial Venture
MMW Team
Media Matters for Women (MMW) recently launched its third year of leading the 12-week Period Power Project (PPP), an innovative program that teaches teenagers about ...
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Florence Sesay, MMW-SL Executive Director, Shares Insights from MMW’s Recent Peacebuilding Project at a UN Women Conference
MMW Team
During our recent peacebuilding project, Media Matters for Women (MMW) was a leading member of the women’s civil society organizations’ creating peace court barrays, traditional ...
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MMW Summer/Fall 2023 News
MMW Team
Success! More women elected to public office By Executive Director Florence Sesay Media Matters for Women played a key role in the national elections in ...
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Paris Peace Forum Honors MMW Fish Farm
MMW Team
Media Matters for Women’s Kamalenka Fish Farm project has been selected by the Paris Peace Forum committee to be showcased at its upcoming conference in ...
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Media Matters for Women Promotes Peace during and after Elections
Alinah Kallon
By Alinah O. Kallon, Senior Journalist Media Matters for Women (MMW) played an important leadership role in an elections project designed to promote peace leading ...
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Media Matters for Women is Now Available on Afripods
MMW Team
Media Matters for Women (MMW) is thrilled to announce that our podcasts, which share information pertaining to the health, wellness, and access to rights for ...
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How Child Trafficking Affects the Health of Children
Zainab Sheriff
by Zainab Sheriff Human trafficking is a very serious and growing problem in Sierra Leone, particularly for children. The government and other likeminded organizations have ...
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