"Stop Calling It Resilience": A reflection on women in journalism from AGILE training

"That is where change actually begins. Not in policy documents, but in that moment of collective recognition"

In Foji's May newsletter, they shared the success of the WMLT residential with 32 students in the city of Manikganj, Bangladesh. Nazia Afrin, independent media development consultant & journalism trainer, led a session on sexual harassment.

"What struck me most was how many women had been treating structural problems as personal failures. The realisation that it wasn't just them, that these patterns were shared, systemic, and not their fault - was something I watched happen in real time. That is where change actually begins. Not in policy documents, but in that moment of collective recognition.”

Read the full piece here: https://mcusercontent.com/587ae68969dad8cd07b603c28/files/402c05e8-49e2-06bb-36e6-f91e294a2a59/_Stop_Calling_It_Resilience_.pdf