Somalia’s first all-women newsroom spotlights female taboos

“I used to feel fear when I wanted to share my personal problems with the teacher. I failed to express my problem,” said Maria Abdullahi Jama, a 19-year-old student at Bondhere School in Mogadishu. “I urge students not to feel shame and fear.”

The story prompted the Ministry of Women to offer to work together on an advocacy campaign, and has won over at least one Islamic cleric, a group that often holds the most conservative views in Somali society. “It is good to give awareness to the girls about period and how to stay clean so they see it as something natural that all women have,” said Sheikh Abdi Hayi, who preaches at the Omar Ibnu Khadab Mosque.

Bilan has revolutionized the news agenda in Somalia, said Abdallah Al Dardari, director of the United Nations Development Programme Regional Bureau for Arab States. “With their unique voice and the growing reach of the Bilan Media brand, they’re creating a demand for change and better treatment of women and girls that can’t be ignored,” Al Dardari said.

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