ALL-FEMALE NEWSROOM LAUNCHED IN SOMALIA TO WIDEN MEDIA'S SCOPE

The pioneering Bilan project, funded by the UN, will report on gender-based violence, women in politics and female entrepreneurs. The first all-women media house in Somalia has been launched, creating a rare opportunity for female journalists in the country to research and publish stories they want to tell. The team of six will produce content for TV, radio and online media on issues such as gender-based violence, women in politics and female entrepreneurs. “We want to cover these issues and challenge societal beliefs that women should stay at home,” said the editor-in-chief, Nasrin Mohamed Ibrahim, who has worked as a journalist for 12 years and is a founding member of the Somali Women Journalist Organisation.