BODORBU VILLAGE
The WMG works with women in remote areas, often with no education, prospects or computer experience. We offer free training and facilities in digital media to enable them to have a voice, be empowered, gain skills and educate others through filmmaking, graphics and computer skills
60 women and girls have already trained in media production. Most of the women have no literacy skills or access to phone signals and yet they have made dramas about sexual health, fistula and the impact of Corona Virus on women's lives. These are screened to full local audiences and online.
FERRY JUNCTION FREETOWN
A group of women in Ferry Junction, a slum area in Freetown, took it upon themselves to learn filmmaking as a way of raising awareness of the struggle faced by uneducated women like themselves with lived experience of early marriage and teenage pregnancy
LEARNING CAMERA
Empowering women
Learning to work as a team and develop transferable skills and becoming members of the digital world
CREATING THE STORY
Listening to others
Learning to identify the key points and structure a story which also means developing writing skills
WORKING AS A TEAM
Transforming Lives
Working together and learning from eachother gives voice and confidence
WHO WE ARE
The Women's Media Group began when a group of 30 women and girls from the provinces of Sierra Leone, who were victims of domestic abuse, took back control of their own lives. They trained in media production and now make films about rape, gender issues, sexual health, FGM and women's rights. The group believes that women should have autonomy, health, dignity and safety and that local audiences relate more to films with a local voice. The films were so successful, playing to packed audiences. Women's Media Groups have been set up by WAYout to continue the work, give hands-on experience of technology, create jobs and make films for a national and international audience.
SCREENINGS
Working Towards women's rights and digital equality
The Women's Media Groups make films that bring change. Made with a local voice, the dramas entertain and raise awareness without people realising they are learning. Screened to local villages and to packed audiences our films have huge impact.
