Profiles of Women in Media
Meet the courageous women media and information professionals that Internews works with around the world.
At Internews, we have worked for more than three decades to train tens of thousands of women leaders in the media and information sectors who work in some of the most difficult environments in the world.
Explore these profiles from past and current projects to see what motivates these women to raise their voices, no matter what the risks.
FEATURED PROFILES
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Conflict
- Farida Rahim Azizi, Afghanistan
- Houda Malloum, Chad
- Helen Fortunate Mayelle, Uganda
- Alice Bafiala Mutombo, DRC
- Kalaivani Saravani, Sri Lanka
- Amani Shnino, Gaza
- Nastya Stanko, Ukraine
- Mary Wagura, Kenya
Environment
- Imelda Abano, Philippines
- Rocío Muñoz, Chile
- Rosalia Omungo, Kenya
- Neha Sethi, India
- Cui Zheng, China
Governance
- Ameto Akpe, Nigeria
- Wahida Faizi, Afghanistan
- Abeer Kilaney, West Bank/Gaza
- Olga Krainyk, Ukraine
- Natalia Ligacheva, Ukraine
- Mon Mon Myat, Myanmar
- Naw Noreen, Myanmar
Health
- Sylvia Chebet, Kenya
- Asmaou Diallo, Guinea
- Uzomba Chinyere Joy, Nigeria
- Wangari Migwi, Kenya
- Violet Otindo, Kenya
Humanitarian
- Jessa Cabonegro, Philippines
- Hellen Mangindo, South Sudan
- Julia Paulo Ding, South Sudan
- Helen Toby, South Sudan
Human Rights
- Manique Gunaratne, Sri Lanka
- Seng Mai, Myanmar
- Xiomara Orellana, Honduras
- Saida Swaleh, Kenya
ICT & Security
- Carolina Botero Cabrera, Colombia
- Mishi Choudhary, India
- Milady Cruz, El Salvador
Women & Youth
- Shayma Abu Muaileh, Gaza
- Tasneem Ahmar, Pakistan
- Christine Akuol, South Sudan
- Nabeela Aslam, Pakistan
- Mae Azango, Liberia
- Amina Azimi, Afghanistan
- Taghreed Emoor, Gaza
- Shazia Gul, Pakistan
- Dilrukshi Handunnetti, Sri Lanka
- Asma Kassab, Gaza
- Fatuma Abdi Gedi, Dadaab, Kenya
- Ah Mee, Myanmar
- Anna Mayimona Ngemba, DRC
- Torwon Sulonteh-Brown, Liberia
- Fabienne Viltis, Haiti