A new monthly teenage girl-focused magazine, ‘Ni Nyaminga’ has been launched. The magazine will work along with weekly radio shows highlighting the adolescent girls’ potential giving them tools that will enable them become future leaders.
The launch took place today, in an event hosted by Girl Hub, a joint venture by the Nike Foundation and the UK’s Department for International Development and held at the Girl Hub head office in Kigali.
Speaking to the press shortly after the launch Jessica Thornley, Brand Manager for Girl Hub’s Rwanda office said,“Ni Nyampinga is about fostering a culture for girls that gives them the space, time and tools needed to experience their teenage years in the most positive way.”
“This is the time for girls to not just dream big and plan for their futures but also equip themselves with the tools to make it happen.”
Thornley added that the magazine and radio programs will be great motivators for girls, while also having a positive impact on their parents and brothers.
Among the participants Antoinette Umuhoza defined the initiative, as a girl who knows what she is doing to create a platform for her future.
She added that Ni Nyaminga will help express the needs and raise voices by young girls to the rest through hosting the programs over the radios and writing for the magazine.
The initiative will cover topics such as Rwandan culture, Health, English development and Economic empowerment and sharing stories and advice from inspirational role models and providing fun ways to share experiences.
It will be hosted by a team of teenage girl journalists that will create shows about the issues that matter to them and their peers.
Both platforms will prompt audiences for feedback and input through social media, mobile, and suggestion boxes in the community.
The event also mirrored the G(irls)20 Summit that held recently in Paris and attended by girls from the 20 leading nations of the world, plus two girls from Rwanda.
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