If you haven’t yet applied for our Financial Literacy Workshop in Otjiwarongo, you definitely should!

2 Participants with the best financial business solutions will be awarded cash prizes of N$15,000.00 and N$10,000.00 for their businesses.💰

📌 Apply at bit.ly/FLWOtjiwarongo

We’ve had a busy week at the #BeFree Youth Campus! Let’s catch up, shall we? ☺️🥳

We kicked off the week with a powerful guided boxing session with 30 participants, led by Self-Defense coach Samuel Kwedhi. This set the tone for a week overflowing with strength & skill. 🥊

1/3 Earlier today, the One Economy Foundation donated an electrocardiogram (ECD) to the Katutura State Hospital.

Our CEO, Uajorokisa Karuaihe, noted that the donation is a testament to how much we value & see the hospital as a partner in our efforts.
#BeFreeCares

We are taking bookings for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision! 📢

The procedures will be done by trained professionals at the #BeFree Cares Clinic on Tuesday, 6th of February. 🏥👨🏾‍⚕️

To book, call us at 083 372 6550 or DM us your full name and contact details.

📢YO! Otjozondjupa Region Entrepreneurs, check this out! 📢

Are you an entrepreneur ready to elevate your financial IQ? 🤔💰

Join Youth Opportunity for a Financial Literacy Workshop in Otjiwarongo from 15-16 February 👩🏾‍🏫

Apply at bit.ly/FLWOtjiwarongo

Join the Commonwealth Secretariat on 31 January for a webinar that will discuss #CervicalCancer elimination efforts across the #Commonwealth .

🔹Speakers include Patricia Scotland KC, First Lady of Zanzibar, First Lady Barrow & Former First Lady, Namibia

Register to attend 👉: bit.ly/4aZxZkO

We have kicked off our #ONEMediaAwards24 with Pombili Shilongo as our lovely MC and we’re so excited to get to know the winners. 🤩

Stay tuned! 🥳

And finally, the moment we’ve all been waiting for! 🥳

Here are the winners for the inaugural One Economy Foundation Media Awards 2024 🏆
Congratulations to you all!

Our runner-ups are in the next tweet ⬇️
#ONEMediaAwards24

Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng Media Ombudsman, Dr. John Nakuta, noted the importance of contextualising GBV-F stories & moving away from fast journalism. He encouraged journalists to consider the broader societal context such as patriarchy, rape culture, intersectionality & why some survivors don’t report.

Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng Child Protection Specialist, Dr Veronica Theron, emphasised the importance of language in GBV-F & SRHR reporting. She encouraged journalists to use appropriate language to describe GBV-F crimes & refrain from referring to rape as sexual intercourse.

#ONEMediaSummit24

Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng On a reporting note, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng said that media practitioners must consider the human rights of their sources. She encouraged them to be cognisant of how they frame the questions they ask & even the interview environment.

#ONEMediaSummit24

Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng She encouraged journalists & media practitioners to tell the full story & ensure that they are not biased.
Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng noted that as adults, we must take accountability & unlearn harmful opinions & biases that affect survivors negatively & do not promote positive societal change.

On advocacy, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng says “Be great where you are”.

Such a profound statement for many who feel like that advocacy for SRHR and GBV is limited to certain spaces or roles.

All of us can do something where we are

We have seen how various media houses carelessly and insensitively report on SGBV and SRHR in Namibia. This summit is really important especially if media practitioners are to use their platforms to mitigating SGBV. Sensitive reporting is key!

#ONEMediaSummit24

“Be great where you are.” - Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng 💫

During her session “Unpacking Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights,” Dr T noted that when journalists have the power to act, it is their responsibility to do their best and be great in their individual capacities.

#ONEMediaSummit24

Today, we are excited to host our first Media Summit with globally renowned Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health & Advocate for Global Health Equity & Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights as our expert guest & keynote speaker at The Weinberg.

#ONEMediaSummit24

#HappeningNow | One Economy Foundation’s #ONEMediaSummit24 is underway at The Weinberg in Windhoek.

We’re delighted to have the event headlined by Dr T, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, as we aim to promote responsible reporting around gender-based violence, femicide and reproductive health.

The #BreakFreeMediaAwards will recognise the voices that address critical issues that are gender-based violence, femicide and reproductive health.

Submissions are still open and we encourage media practitioners to share their work ➡️ bit.ly/BFMACRITERIA