MEDIA • SPEAKING • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
Stories That Inform, Conversations That Inspire
FEATURED MEDIA
BBC World Service
Voice of America
UN Women
Nobel Women’s Initiative
Breast Ironing: Cultural Practices Affecting Young Girls
A discussion on breast ironing and its impact on girls.
Leina shared her personal experience and advocacy surrounding breast ironing and the protection of girls.
Fighting “Breast Ironing” in Cameroon
A conversation exploring Leina’s personal experience and advocacy against breast ironing.
Featuring her work and commitment to women's rights and advocacy.
Leina’s advocacy and professional journey have been featured across international media and platforms, bringing issues affecting women and girls to wider audiences.
Outlook — 2014
Our Voices — 2024
2013
Advocate Spotlight
JOURNALISM & STORYTELLING
From the Newsroom to Advocacy
Journalism was an important part of Leina’s journey into public advocacy. As a reporter and news presenter with Equinoxe Television Cameroon, storytelling became a way to bring social issues and overlooked experiences into public conversation.
Over time, that experience developed into a broader commitment to advocacy, public engagement and using communication as a tool for social change.
Selected Published Work
Budding Breasts — World Pulse
Cameroon Loses Ground on Maternal Health Goal — Women’s eNews
Widowhood Rituals Punish Cameroon’s Bereaved — Religion Unplugged
Conversations From Cameroon to the Global Stage
ON THE STAGE
2013
Clinton Global Initiative
Small-group speaking engagement
Leina has contributed to conversations on women’s rights, leadership, advocacy and social change through conferences, panels, workshops and international gatherings.
2015
UN Commission on the Status of Women — New York, Panelist
2015
Columbia Law School
Gender Empowerment Discussion
2019
Women Deliver, Vancouver — Speaker
2023
Women Deliver, Kigali — Led World Pulse “Log On. Rise Up.” training
2025
World Pulse — From Vision to Action Online engagement
IN PICTURES
Moments From the Field, Studio & Stage
A great glimpse into Leina’s journey through journalism, advocacy, international speaking, community engagement and also of her public conversations.
Bring Leina Into the Conversation
Leina is available for keynote addresses, panel discussions, interviews, with workshops and also moderated conversations with organizations, institutions, media platforms and communities.
SPEAKING • MEDIA • INTERVIEWS