Bilan Media
{{Short description|Somalian all-women media}}{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Bilan Media
| type = Online newspaper
| foundation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2022}}
| staff = 6
| language = Somali, English (digital translation)
| headquarters = Mogadishu
| publishing_country = Somalia
| website = {{URL|https://www.bilan.media/}}}}
Bilan Media is a Somali media composed exclusively of women. Launched in 2022 and led by Nasrin Mohamed Ibrahim, it is primarily dedicated to social issues affecting Somalia.
History
Somalia is the most dangerous country in Africa for journalists.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-20 |title=Somalie {{!}} RSF |url=https://rsf.org/fr/pays-somalie |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=rsf.org |language=fr |archive-date=2024-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605205115/https://rsf.org/fr/pays-somalie |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2023-10-27 |title=Bilan Média, première rédaction 100% féminine en Somalie |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/les-histoires-du-monde/bilan-media-premiere-redaction-100-feminine-en-somalie-3308731 |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=France Inter |language=fr |archive-date=2023-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102124000/https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/les-histoires-du-monde/bilan-media-premiere-redaction-100-feminine-en-somalie-3308731 |url-status=live }} Bilan Media was founded in April 2022 with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and is composed of a team of six journalists.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-26 |title=Somalie: Bilan Media, un média 100% féminin remporte un prix consacré à la liberté de la presse |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20240626-somalie-bilan-media-un-m%C3%A9dia-100-f%C3%A9minin-remporte-un-prix-consacr%C3%A9-%C3%A0-la-libert%C3%A9-de-la-presse |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=RFI |language=fr}}{{Cite news |date=2023-10-24 |title=Somalie : " Bilan ", le premier média 100 % féminin qui brise les tabous |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2023/10/24/somalie-bilan-le-premier-media-100-feminin-qui-brise-les-tabous_6196202_3212.html |access-date=2024-07-20 |work=Le Monde.fr |language=fr |archive-date=2024-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611222727/https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2023/10/24/somalie-bilan-le-premier-media-100-feminin-qui-brise-les-tabous_6196202_3212.html |url-status=live }} Shortly before the launch of Bilan Media, one of the group's journalists survived an Islamist attack by the al-Shabaab group. This is the first entirely female-run media outlet in the country, advocating for greater visibility on issues affecting women.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-07 |title=Women-only media start-up wants to fight stigma in Somalia |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220707-women-only-media-start-up-wants-to-fight-stigma-in-somalia |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=France 24 |language=en |archive-date=2023-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730132609/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220707-women-only-media-start-up-wants-to-fight-stigma-in-somalia |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2022-07-08 |title=Women-only media start-up wants to fight stigma in Somalia |url=https://arab.news/nwpxk |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Arab News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=AFP |date=2024-07-20 |title="Environ 80% de nos programmes se concentreront sur des sujets que les gens peuvent trouver scandaleux" |url=https://www.lalibre.be/international/afrique/2022/07/07/un-media-100-feminin-a-lassaut-des-tabous-en-somalie-77EYFFKNG5F6NKG7HLRDXZRKAE/ |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=La Libre.be |language=fr |archive-date=2022-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808172309/https://www.lalibre.be/international/afrique/2022/07/07/un-media-100-feminin-a-lassaut-des-tabous-en-somalie-77EYFFKNG5F6NKG7HLRDXZRKAE/ |url-status=live }} The term "bilan" was chosen because it means "bright" in Somali.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-12 |title=Ouverture du premier média exclusivement féminin de Somalie |url=https://www.voaafrique.com/a/ouverture-du-premier-m%C3%A9dia-exclusivement-f%C3%A9minin-en-somalie/6525876.html |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Voice of America |language=fr |archive-date=2024-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611224112/https://www.voaafrique.com/a/ouverture-du-premier-m%C3%A9dia-exclusivement-f%C3%A9minin-en-somalie/6525876.html |url-status=live }}
Since the establishment of the organization, the editor-in-chief has been Fathi Mohamed Ahmed, and the director is Nasrin Mohamed Ibrahim. Since its inception, the media outlet has focused on social issues, including sharing news about period poverty in Somalia and interviewing women and girls.{{Cite web |last=AfricaNews |date=2022 |title=Somalie : "Bilan", un média pour femmes victimes de violences sexistes |url=https://fr.africanews.com/2022/07/07/somalie-bilan-un-media-pour-femmes-victimes-de-violences-sexistes/ |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Africanews |language=fr |archive-date=2023-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606052317/https://fr.africanews.com/2022/07/07/somalie-bilan-un-media-pour-femmes-victimes-de-violences-sexistes/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |title=Fault, justice, and firsts in court, nature, and the newsroom |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Points-of-Progress/2022/0516/Fault-justice-and-firsts-in-court-nature-and-the-newsroom |access-date=2024-07-20 |work=Christian Science Monitor |issn=0882-7729 |archive-date=2024-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226114141/https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Points-of-Progress/2022/0516/Fault-justice-and-firsts-in-court-nature-and-the-newsroom |url-status=live }} It also addresses traditionally taboo subjects, such as drug use among disadvantaged people in Somalia. The content is distributed via radio, television, and online print media.
In 2024, the group launched the first Somali political television show organized by women.{{Cite news |last=Choat |first=Isabel |date=2024-01-30 |title=Somalia to launch its first current affairs TV show led by women |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/jan/30/somalia-to-launch-its-first-current-affairs-tv-show-led-by-women |access-date=2024-07-20 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2024-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722103746/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/jan/30/somalia-to-launch-its-first-current-affairs-tv-show-led-by-women |url-status=live }} In June of the same year, it won the One World Media Press Freedom Award.
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