Jacky Habib

Journalist | Media Trainer | Consultant

Jacky Habib is a Nairobi-based journalist who has reported from more than a dozen countries on global development, health, and gender issues. Her work has appeared in NPR, Al Jazeera, VICE News, The Christian Science Monitor, Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, and OkayAfrica, among others. Her reporting has been supported by fellowships from the African Union, the United Nations Foundation, and the Aga Khan Foundation.Jacky is also the founder of New Lens Digital, a boutique communications agency that supports international NGOs and UN agencies to amplify their impact.Previously, she worked as a university lecturer in Canada, a human rights trainer in Ghana, and a TV reporter in Kenya. She holds a master's degree in social innovation from the University of Cambridge and a journalism degree from Toronto Metropolitan University.Outside of work, Jacky is a foodie, an Afrobeats fanatic, and dreams of one day living off-grid.

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In Kenya, women hold ‘Dark Valentine’ vigils to press for end to femicides -Al JazeeraEthiopia set a world record for displacements in a single year -NPRThe British Stole Their Land to Grow Tea. They Want Justice. -VICE NewsAfrica Relied on the World for COVID-19 Vaccines. Now It Wants To Make Its Own. -Global CitizenEvery 7 Minutes, a Woman Dies from Childbirth in Nigeria. This Initiative is Changing That. -Global CitizenHere’s How Global Humanitarian Organizations Responded to the Reemergence of Polio in Gaza -Global CitizenA birth story from Sierra Leone: “Take my baby, mama. I’m going to die.” -CARE NewsGospel House: The Sober Day Party Movement -OkayAfricaKenyan App Developers Harness Technology to Take on Gender Gaps -News DeeplyWhy the Queen’s death is being discussed differently in the Global South -Broadview magazineStories of Courage and Healing: Speaking Out on Gender-Based Violence in Central America -UNHCR

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