Matters for Women is committed to discovering and sharing the latest news. Here you can find both podcasts and articles on the latest news from across Sierra Leone.
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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MMW Spring 2023 News
Florence Sesay
Media Matters for Women’s Senior Reporter Alinah Kallon, left, and Executive Director Florence Sesay stand in front of the world flags display at the United ...
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Fish Farm Project Takes off, Thanks to MMW’s Assistance
MMW Team
By MMW Team Media Matters for Women (MMW) is helping to build a women-owned fish farming project in Kamakwie, a remote and impoverished area in ...
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MMW with Consortium of Communities of Practice Demand Justice for Rape of Young Girl
Alinah Kallon
By Alinah Kallon, Senior MMW Journalist In May 2022, Jane Kamara (not her real name), an 8-year-old child, and her friends accepted a ride home ...
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MMW Presents its Work During UN Events in New York City in March
Madeline MacKenzie
By Madeline MacKenzie Media Matters for Women hosted an event in connection with the United Nations’ 67th session of the Commission on the Status of ...
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