Nyima Jadama

Refugee Rights Activist/Moderator
Bantaba Media Plus / European Coalition of Migrants and Refugees

Nyima Jadama is an award-winning feminist, founder, and refugee activist from The Gambia, based in Berlin, focusing on integrating refugees in society. She is the founder and producer of the ‘Nyima’s Bantaba’ talk show, a bilingual German-English TV Talk show that aims to connect migrants, refugees, women, and culture from diaspora communities. She is the founder of the Bantaba Academy, a media competence project for migrants and refugees, and ‘Unfiltered – The Bantaba Podcast‘! She is a member of the Global Refugee-led Network, and a board member of the European Coalition of Migrants and Refugees and Community Media Forum Europe.

Event Schedule

DAY 1
19 July 2023
Start Time End Time Session Description Action
08:00 am EEST 09:30 am EEST Joining the dots: Breaking silos to create gender equality by 2030
Side Event
Kigali Serena Hotel - Auditorium

Delivering Health for All. Ending AIDS. Ensuring Gender Equality. All by 2030.

These are big goals, and achieving them will need new ways of thinking and collaborating. Read More

Speakers
Frank Harle

Zambia Country Director

StrongMinds

Emtithal (Emi) Mahmoud

Poet, Activist, Founder, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

UNHCR

Nyima Jadama

Refugee Rights Activist/Moderator

Bantaba Media Plus / European Coalition of Migrants and Refugees

Speakers

Magdalene Dorto

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Deborah Nyirenda

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Yashmin Fernandes

Director Women's Digital Financial Inclusion Hub, Women's World Banking

Stella Anyangwe

End Polo Now Coordinator Rotary International

Blandine Umuziranenge

Founder and CEO Kosmotivr

Taryn Russell

Deputy Executive Director Results Canada

Djeinaba Kane

Advocacy & Partnership Lead AfricaNenda

Rafiat Akinokun

Youth Advorate and cub's health nurse

Melania Chiponda

Gender and Climate Advisor The African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)

Aries Setiadi

Managing Director Fintech Association Indonesia

Claude Mambo Muvunyi

Director General Rwanda Biomedical Center

Hanna Lemma

Co-founder & Contributor Addis Powerhouse

Kathryn Toure

Regional Director, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office IDRC

Dr. Lisa Avery

Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba; Director Africa Initiatives

Carmen Correa

CEO Pro Mujer

Tawakkol Karman

Nobel Peace Price Laureate Tawakkol Karman Foundation

Anis Farid

Research Project Manager Women's Aid Organisation

Patricia Elias

Every Woman International Lawyer; Chief, Global Diplomatic Campaign

Lipi Rahman

Executive Director, Badabon Sangho Every Woman Indrani Fellow

Kigali Convention Center - KG 2 Roundabout, Kigali, Rwanda