Recent news

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.

20 Apr 2018

Promoting the Rights of Women and Girls to Vote in Sierra Leone’s National Elections

Ndeamoh Mansaray

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 ...

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6 Apr 2018

Media Matters for Women mourns loss of Bintu Conteh

Muaz Cisse

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 ...

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22 Feb 2018

Director of MMW Partner in DRC Receives Global Award

Sharon Bylenga

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 ...

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29 Dec 2017

MMW Partnership Begins in Democratic Republic of Congo

Sharon Bylenga

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 ...

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4 Dec 2017

Replicating Our Success in DRC

Sharon Bylenga

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 ...

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4 Dec 2017

Latest News on DRC Project

Sharon Bylenga

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 ...

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4 Dec 2017

New Leadership in Sierra Leone

Sharon Bylenga

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 ...

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Replicating our success in DRC
4 Dec 2017

Measuring Impact in Sierra Leone

Sharon Bylenga

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 ...

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Replicating our success in DRC
4 Dec 2017

Replicating our success in DRC

Muaz Cisse

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 ...

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Media Matters for Women in the DRC
4 Dec 2017

Update on DRC Project

Muaz Cisse

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 ...

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4 Nov 2017

Latest MMW Podcasts All Online

Sharon Bylenga

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 ...

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