Somali’s First All-Female Newsroom.
Six women Journalists launch Somali’s first all women newsroom to cover women centered stories.
Anthony Mutisya 
Somalia's first all-female newsroom has been formed by a group of six senior female news producers to study and publish women-centric topics.
The six-piece will generate programming for TV, radio, and online media on subjects like as gender-based violence, women in politics, and female entrepreneurs, with editorial control.
“We want to cover these issues and challenge societal beliefs that women should stay at home,” the editor-in chief said
Nasrin, a 12-year journalist and founder of the Somali Women Journalist Organization, told the outlet that women in Somalia's media suffer a number of obstacles, including being ignored and refused advancements, as well as bullying and sexual harassment.
Fathi Mohamed Ahmed, a 25-year-old who has spoken out against pervasive sexual harassment in the media, will assist Nasrin.
“The biggest challenge facing female journalists in Somalia is abuse, especially from male journalists They offer to help you but only if you give them something in return.” Fathi said.
“Men have said things to me like, ‘you’re beautiful, I like your body’, and it was only when I said I was engaged that they stopped.” She added.
The media house that is called Bilan will operate from the country’s capital Mogadishu.
According to a local news outlet, Bilan, which is supported by the UNDP, will publish news and features as well as give training and mentoring from prominent Somali and international journalists.
The media business will also offer six-month internships to the brightest female journalism students in their last year at two Mogadishu universities.
Although the experiment is only for a year, Jocelyn Mason, UNDP's resident representative in Mogadishu, believes it will become permanent and may be expanded throughout Somalia.
“We hope this will be a gamechanger for the Somali media scene, opening up new opportunities for women journalists and shining a light on subjects that have been ignored, particularly those that are important for women,” Mason said.
