Neneh Faye-Khan is
a Gambian-born producer and social development expert currently
stationed in London. Mrs. Faye-Khan has a broad range of skills
and experience as a broadcaster, public relations and business consultant
and has done extensive work in social development and international
affairs.
She serves as Executive Director of Eclipx Productions and currently
consults a number of organizations and agencies tackling child trafficking
in women and girls.
Mrs. Faye-Khan worked with the Strategic Health Authority Workforce Confederation
and the National Health Service in the United Kingdom as a workforce
skills advisor since 2006. She worked for more than a decade with
Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA), an International NGO with the Economic
Social Council Status of the United Nations (ECOSOC status) in the
United Kingdom.
Mrs. Faye-Khan has extensive relationships with leaders and activists
in women's issues around the globe as well as with ordinary women
in all walks of life and will continue to expand her network of
people committed to the real emancipation of women.
In addition to producing Emancipation of African Women,
Mrs. Faye-Khan also will be producing documentaries, news programs and
other features for Soto Koto Tv.
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Emancipation
of African Women
A Soto Koto/Eclipx Production
Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) www.akinamamawaafrika.org
A network of young African women (25-45yrs)
for professional support, advice, information, and sharing of expertise
African Women's Development Fund
(AWDF)
www.awdf.org
Supports women's right to be treated
as an equal within African society
Africa for Development
Foundation www.afford-uk.org
Supports entrepreneurs to sustain
& create jobs in Africa
Through
our experience, we have learned that it is crucial to raise
awareness, to raise our profile as women and to make seen
what is heard of the hard work that the generations before
us have done and the hardship they have endured and the atrocities
they have witnessed. We need to raise women’s awareness
about their contributions to society and their political,
economic and social rights if they are to contribute to the
rebuilding of their families, communities and nations.
Emancipation
of African Women is a weekly Tv program featuring interviews,
editorials, documentaries, news shorts and other content focusing
on the rights of the African woman and efforts to emancipate
her. Host Neneh Faye-Khan shares inspiring stories of achieving
women, profiles of organizations doing exemplary work, spotlights
on women entrepreneurs, political figures, activists and ordinary
women with extraordinary stories. The programs also cover
critical issues such as child prostitution, human trafficking,
FGM, HIV/AIDS and other health crises.
Halima Bashir
(L) & Neneh Faye-Khan
The
debut program featured an interview with Dr. Halima Bashir,
author of "Tears of the Desert." She was tortured
and gang-raped for days as punishment for speaking out about
an attack on primary school children in Darfur.
She was punished for telling people that a group of Janjaweed
militia and Sudanese government soldiers had attacked the
primary school for girls, raping pupils as young as eight.
Her story shines the light on one of many human atrocities
that the world must address if we are to call ourselves human.
Though Bashir is in hiding due to death threats, she continues
to speak out for herself and others like her. Her plight is
well recognized in the international community and despite
the unjust and immoral so-called fatwa imposed, she is determined
to speak for justice. Bashir and Faye-Khan share frank discussions
on a variety of topics including life in Sudan, Islamic oppression
of women and prospects for the future.
Women are community builders; women hold the fort and have
always done so. There is a need to elevate the profile of
our Unsung and Unforgotten Heroines by highlighting today
issues that women grappled with and continue fighting.
Emancipation of African Women will enlighten our
audiences via educationists, practitioners of all sorts, story
tellers, intergenerational dialogues, fora and other means
to show us who and what initiated the change that we, the
younger generations are enjoying today and the issues we grapple
with. We are still on the road to full emancipation. On top
of that, we Raise Our Profile Together as African Women on
the Continent and in the Diaspora!
The show
is an original, exclusive production by Soto Koto Tv and Eclipx
Productions and debuts on the Soto Koto TV Network and affilliate
media portals in April 2011. Stay tuned for program updates.
The
African woman is the mother of humanity. Free her and you
free us all
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This Week's
Show Voices
of African Women
This
week's program features Voices of African Women. Host Neneh Faye-Khan
speaks with VAW Executive Coordinator Marie Claire Faray and Pat
B-D at VAW's annual general meeting attended by women from Senegal,
Congo, Ghana, Sudan, Libya to talk about their campaign for peace,
UN Security Resolution 1325 and other matters.
Critical
Issues Facing
African Women Child Prostitution
&
Human Trafficking
The
response of governments and others to the risks children face is
sometimes almost as detrimental as the original problem. Trafficked
children are outlawed. Children who have been abandoned and abused
are locked up in institutions. Working children are removed from
work that is essential to their family’s survival.
We are
going to bring this reality to your living rooms, office computer
screens and laptops if you're on the go. We'll share people's first
hand experiences and you'll learn the warning signs. Most children
are traded silently by people they know and this quiet atrocity
is one of the things our programs will shine bring to light.
Health
& FGM
Female Genital Mutilation
(FGM), a fundamental human rights violation, takes different forms
in different countries. To avoid mentioning all the graphic types
of FGMs in respect of women, let's just will just say that the motive
behind this practice is a myth and causes health problems to those
who have undergone the practice.
Though it is an income source for some practitioners who earn a
seasonal living, it harms women, particularly when giving birth,
resulting in a myriad of health problems, the most common of which
are called fistula.
FGM affects many areas of a woman’s health, physically as well as
psychologically. It is an issue that needs to be addressed worldwide.
It is a health issue but more importantly, it is a fundamental question
of human rights.
One problem that overlaps both of the critical issues mentioned
above is forcing young girls into early marriage, which is against
the law in most countries. Should it be considered an international
crime or just against the law in the West? No, it should be labelled
as a criminal act everywhere! Anyone supporting this practice should
be prosecuted, yet, it is still a norm in some places because it
pays for poorer families to keep living. So, what does the girl
child represent to these families? We'll discuss these and other
important questions critical to our survival.
Education
Education, as we
all know, is a prerequisite to success but not accessed by all,
especially where disadvantaged groups do not have the means to get
it. Our shows will tackle issues women are grappling with vis a
vis equality in the workplace and leadership even after acquiring
substantial education!
We also will present forums, workshops and intergenerational dialogues exploring solutions that lead to
increased educational opportunities for women and girls and followup support through and after matriculation.
