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It’s dangerous being a female journalist in Somalia. But, one year on, we are still shining our light

Since Bilan, the country’s only all-women media house, was born last April, we’ve covered everything from HIV to opioids. Now we want to go global

By UNDP Somalia

April 13^th, 2023

Footnotes For more on UNDP’s work in Somalia, visit: www.undp.org/somalia. For full details of the Bilan team and to see some of their reporting: www.bilan.media

© 2023 UNDP Somalia

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