Glory Iribagiza

Glory Iribagiza is a Rwandan feminist and multi-award-winning journalist with close to five years of experience. She is a creative writer who has established a niche in writing stories that have an impact for the ordinary person and communities. Her area of focus in reporting is gender and cultural anthropology.

Glory’s work in cultural anthropology has gained national and international recognition. Her article ‘Where people go to bars to drink milk’ was published by BBC Travel in 2021. A year later, her article on the marginalization of the Rwandan Muslim community during colonialism, and another on the millennia old practice of pottery in Rwanda, won her the ‘Feature article of the year’ and ‘Best article by female journalist’ respectively, in her country.

When Glory had just arrived for her residency in Belgium, she was announced for the second time in a row, the winner of the ‘Best story by female journalist’ 2023 award for her article on Rwanda’s traditional designs, ‘Imigongo’.

She has also been recognized in her feminism advocacy in 2020, where she won an award in the annual Reproductive Health Journalism Awards for her article on postpartum depression.

Glory holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and Communication from the University of Rwanda, and certificates from different professional courses that include the WAN-IFRA Women In News Advanced Leadership Accelerator.

She has also worked with Women@Web Rwanda to train fellow journalists on reporting on online violence against women, and other vulnerable groups on digital security.