“Global Girl Media is helping girls and young women find their voice…they will now have a platform for their voice to be heard”
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WOMEN IN BOXING – SMANGELE SMASH HADEBE
This video serves as a pilot for a Women in Boxing documentary on ‘Smash’ Hadebe and her rise to fame. Produced by GGM South Africa.
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MANDISA’S STORY
A moving video of Mandisa, a GlobalGirl reporter from Soweto who shares with us the reality of living as a young woman with HIV in South Africa. She very bravely talks about when she was raped by a neighbor at six years old.
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LUNGILE: SOUTH AFRICA
Lungile from South Africa discovers there is an emergency domestic violence hotline set up during the Covid-19 crisis, but she also discovers no one knows about it. When she dials the number, no one answers. She interviews a lawyer and gender based violence expert to get their opinions about the alarming rise in cases. But how can these cases even be reported?
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ACTIVITSA! BEV DITISIE FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Growing up in 80s Soweto, Ditsie was immersed in the struggle against apartheid. But she knew racial oppression was only part of the fight – and organised the first Pride march in Africa.
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AFRICAN BAKERY
African Bakery takes us through Mrs Qondi Nhlapho’s journey as a baker and business owner. The female entrepreneur revisits her story from when she started selling from the comfort of her home, creating job opportunities for others around her. She later finds the courage to open her own bakery in the busy streets of Braam, employing other women with similar backgrounds as herself. Mrs Nhlapho focuses on the trails and obstacles she has overcome throughout her sales journey. As a working woman herself and a business owner, she is proud of how far she taken her mother’s teachings.
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WHERE IS THE MONEY?
Investigative piece by GlobalGirl South Africa on how 1.9 billion rand allocated to improve the township of Alexander since 2001 are still not fully accounted for. Includes interviews with Alexander residents and children who ask, “where did the money go?”
