Aminata Sanyang from The Gambia was a Fellow in the 2021 Reham Al-Farra (RAF) Memorial Journalism virtual programme. Aminata works at Gambia Radio & Television Services (GRTS) in a diverse range of roles, including producer, presenter and reporter for both TV and radio. Aminata achieved recognition as a finalist for the Pan African Journalists Awards on Gender Equality. She became the first Gambian journalist selected for the Deutsche Welle (DW) Constructive Journalism Fellowship. In 2022, the International News Media Association bestowed her the “30 Under 30” award. In 2023, she received the Media Personality of the Year Award by She Awards Gambia. A trained UNFPA journalist on SGBV reporting, she authored the book The Era and co-authored an anthology, A Harvest of Gambian Lines.