{{Short description|Somalian all-women media}}{{Infobox newspaper | name = ''Bilan Media'' | type = Online newspaper | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2022}} | staff_writers = 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref name=":1">{{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}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{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 }}</ref> Shortly before the launch of Bilan Media, one of the group's journalists survived an Islamist attack by the al-Shabaab group.<ref name=":1" /> This is the first entirely female-run media outlet in the country,<ref name=":0" /> advocating for greater visibility on issues affecting women.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{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 }}</ref> The term "bilan" was chosen because it means "bright" in Somali.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
Since the establishment of the organization, the editor-in-chief has been Fathi Mohamed Ahmed,<ref name=":0" /> and the director is Nasrin Mohamed Ibrahim.<ref name=":2" /> Since its inception, the media outlet has focused on social issues, including sharing news about period poverty in Somalia and interviewing women and girls.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref name=":4">{{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 }}</ref> It also addresses traditionally taboo subjects, such as drug use among disadvantaged people in Somalia.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /> The content is distributed via radio, television, and online print media.<ref name=":4" />
In 2024, the group launched the first Somali political television show organized by women.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> In June of the same year, it won the One World Media Press Freedom Award.<ref name=":1" />
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