Bilan Media is Somalia’s only all-women media team
Telling the stories we want to tell in the way we want to tell them
“What a privilege to meet this brave team of journalists telling new stories & telling them so well. #Somalia.”
— Lyse Doucet, BBC Chief International Correspondent
Bilan in the news
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The Guardian
Somalia to launch its first current affairs TV show led by women
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Le Monde
« Bilan », le premier média 100 % féminin qui brise les tabous
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Reuters
Somalia’s all-female newsroom spotlights female taboos
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Okay Africa
What it’s like to…be a journalist in Somalia’s only all-women newsroom
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The Guardian
All-female newsroom launched in Somalia to widen media’s scope
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Radio France
Bilan Média, première rédaction 100% féminine en Somalie
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BBC
Somalia all-female media unit breaking stereotypes
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Al Jazeera
“We are not scared; we will tell our stories” - introducing Somalia’s first women-only newsroom
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AFP
Women-only media start-up wants to fight stigma in Somalia
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CGTN
Somali female journalists take the lead in changing the narrative
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VoA
First all-women media outlet opens in Somalia’s capital
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Vanity Fair
Somalia, nasce la prima redazione di sole donne
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EFE
Bilan, el primer medio de comunicación somalí formado sólo por mujeres
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Radio Popolare
Bilan, a Mogadiscio nasce la prima redazione giornalistica tutta al femminile
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Suddeutsche Zeitung
Berichten und überleben
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Deutsche Welle
What happens when women have the power to decide what stories they want to tell and how they want to share them?
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Christian Science Monitor
“How an all-women news outlet is changing Somalia’s media landscape”
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BBC Swahili
Tunabadili dhana potofu kwamba wanawake hukutana ili kusengenya
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Voice of America
In Somalia, Women Journalists Are Changing the Narrative
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BBC
Somalia’s all-women media team breaking the stereotypes
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The Guardian
It’s dangerous being a female journalist in Somalia. But, one year on, we are still shining our light
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El País
Romper moldes en Somalia con un periodismo hecho solo por mujeres
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CGTN
Somalia’s female journos find their voices through all-women media platform
“Thanks for having me do a masterclass for Team Bilan. More excellent women journalists, covering stories affecting women in the whole region, is exactly what's needed.”
— Rageh Omaar, presenter, ITV
A team that can make a difference
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Hinda
DEPUTY EDITOR
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Farhio
REPORTER
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Kiin
REPORTER
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Naciima
REPORTER
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Shukri
REPORTER
“Great to speak to this stellar group of pioneering women journalists and hope they get many commissions from editors far and wide.”
— Mishal Husain, presenter, BBC News at Ten and Today Programme
Bilan on film
“It was my pleasure to talk with the excellent young journalists of @MediaBilan.”
— Lindsey Hilsum, international editor, Channel 4 News
Internship programme
Bilan's internship programme takes some of the best journalism students from Mogadishu University and Somalia National University.
They have the chance to work part time for six months at the Bilan offices, producing stories with Bilan's team of journalists and joining masterclasses and other training opportunities.
“Bilan’s insights, storytelling ability and sheer existence have the potential to inform and inspire us all.”
— Anna Holligan, foreign correspondent, BBC
Reporting highlights
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The inspiring women of Somalia
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Somalia's football pitch that doubles as an execution ground
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How failed migrants thrive and contribute to development back home
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‘The river took it all’: Somalis wait for waters to recede as floods kill dozens
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Somalis with albinism: Pelted with stones and raw eggs
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Shunned and homeless: Living with HIV in Somalia
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Menstruation education urgently needed in schools (in Somali)
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It’s dangerous being a female journalist in Somalia. But, one year on, we are still shining our light
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What’s driving some Somali mothers to poison their babies?
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Mothers ‘rent out’ babies for begging and poison their children to survive drought in Somalia
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‘I poison my children in order to survive’: The terrible toll of Somalia’s drought
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Challenging taboos in Somalia: the young female farmers studying agriculture and farming
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Women are expected to keep their mouths shut here in Somalia. But not any more
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Somalia's opioid overdose: Young, female and addicted
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Race against time to vaccinate against measles in Somalia (in Spanish)
Find out how Bilan will make a difference for Somali women’s journalism