WATCH: Editor of Somalia's first all-female media on challenging gender stereotypes

Thursday January 9, 2025

According to its chief editor Hinda Abdi Mohamoud, Bilan Media gives Somali women "a space to work" and "real editorial power". Somalia's first female-only media outlet covers topics including climate change, people living with albinism and HIV/AIDS, while also encouranging period education for young girls. However, it's not an easy industry for Somali women to work in. "You can get trapped [...] you can be attacked," our guest explains. But this seems to make her even more determined: "It's the thing that we want to change [...] that people believe that women cannot do the hard work." She spoke to us in Perspective.

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