Malaz Albdwi, first-year MA student in Global African Studies at The Africa Institute, Global Studies University, specializing in Afro-Arab Relations, successfully completed the final week of the Green Panther Fellowship for Women Journalists in Berlin from June 15–19, 2026, culminating a year-and-a-half-long program during which her final journalistic piece was selected among the fellowship’s winning entries.
The fellowship, organised by the German taz Panter Foundation, is a long-term training program in climate and environmental journalism for women journalists from the Middle East and North Africa.
In Berlin, participants took part in workshops and editorial sessions with environmental journalism specialists and visited media and policy institutions, including the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and the German Federal Foreign Office.
To mark the successful completion of the program, Malaz’s journalistic piece, titled “Will Women Save Sudan?”, was featured among the winning entries and published in a special taz volume on June 13, 2026. The foresight piece explores climate futures in eastern Sudan in 2050 through a narrative lens, highlighting the role of women farmers in climate adaptation, environmental change, and food security.
At the end of the program, she was honoured for her work during an event dedicated to celebrating selected journalists and their published articles. The event featured fifteen pieces from various countries, presented to a public audience.
The Green Panther Award, presented by the taz Panter Foundation, is a symbolic recognition honouring female journalists demonstrating exceptional commitment to reporting on climate change. Rather than a physical trophy, it celebrates impactful narrative and investigative work in environmental journalism.
“This program was the culmination of a year-and-a-half journey of learning, writing, and engaging with female experts, policymakers, and editors from around the world. It was a valuable experience to exchange climate insights and cultures with 25 female journalists from 16 countries. This experience showed that women, whether journalists, farmers, experts, or academics, are deeply committed to the future of our planet,” said Malaz.
Malaz’s work focuses on media diplomacy and Afro-Arab relations, with a background in journalism, documentary photography, and regional media training. Read her student profile.
