Hamdi Hassan

Hamdi Abdullahi Hassan is a Somali radio senior journalist and a women and childrens activist. She started working as a journalist in local media in Somalia and worked with international media such as BBC Media Action and humanitarian radio Ergo run by IMS. Her main work focus lately is advocating and empowering of women and young girls in Somali Diaspora and in Somalia. Her coverage about women rights, discrimination and FGM (female genital mutilation) has appeared in different platforms of social media and Austrian media too. She works as a freelancer journalist/mentor and interpreter for different organizations in Austria. Hamdi Hassan is part of an award winning team from radio Orange 94.0 for an independent cultural project of last year.

Jury-Statement:

"Hamdi Hassan's project communicates critical issues such as, equal rights for women, peace and human rights to the Somali community in Vienna. In each episode of the podcast, she brings up the important issue of social, political and economic equality and discusses it with other experts. In the podcast, she engages with different voices from the Somali community and seeks to provide a critical platform to intangible and invisible aspects of the cultures of this society. Women's equality and empowerment continues to be a major issue in the patriarchal society, which is why Hassan's project once again draws attention to the importance of a fundamental human right."