August - 2015

Changing the World: One Story at a Time

Youth Citizen Journalists Tell Their Stories

THE HUB is an online magazine and blog that features feminist articles and films by citizen journalists. The publication is a longterm project conceived by Advice Project Media, and its mission is to help lift the voices of youth, women, and indigenous peoples from around the world by sharing their articles and films about gender, the environment, intersectionality, and climate change.

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Advice Project summer workshop in Bamenda

During the 2014 – 2015 school year, Advice Project Media held its first international class for nine girls from the Presbyterian Comprehensive Secondary School in Bamenda. The class meets every Sunday afternoon with Fomuso Blessing Nabila, the Advice Project Program Manager in Cameroon. It’s difficult for many of the girls to get to the class – they often need to walk great distances to get to the space where the class is held, have a lot of homework, need to take care of you

I suffered when I was bleeding

Written by a much older Miwa in 2116 to her (future) granddaughter: Dear Granddaughter, When I was young I really suffered during my menstruation periods and had a hard time working while I was bleeding. Sometimes I was supposed to go about my day and behave as though all was fine, when really what I needed was a comfortable hammock and peace. It was hard for me to convince your grandfather that I needed help with taking care of the house and our children during the time of m

Facing fears

Dear Gaelle, You are a very lucky person because most of the dreams you’ve prayed about are coming true. You have good grades in school and you’ll soon start becoming a woman. Actually, you’ve already started becoming one by entering puberty. Don’t be scared, as it’s part of the life-cycle of a woman. You are better off being yourself than wishing to be other people. I say this because sometimes you’ll want to be other people. You’ll think that some people are richer, sm

Dear Future Women of Cameroon

Written by Advice Project Media's Cameroon Program Manager, Fomuso Blessing Nabila, to future generations of women of Cameroon: Dear Future Women of Cameroon, I believe you will have advanced very much as a society by the time these words reach you. From where I write in 2016, women are bonded by corruption, bribery, and unemployment, and most of all, by violent cultural practices perpetrated against women and girls. Grandmothers and mothers iron their daughters’ breasts flat

What is your definition of feminism?

During the 2015 Advice Project Media Global Leadership Summit in Peru, teen and youth leaders Gaelle Mambo Awah, Sofe Cote, and Hannah Miller conducted a series of interviews that explored definitions of feminism and asked not only why the feminist movement is important, but also how it can be made more accessible to all people. Special thanks to adult leaders Jenn Miller, Saskia Layden, Courtney Webster, and Blessing Nabila Fomuso for participating in these illuminating, imp