AMWIK together with the project partners of Conserving Natural Capital and Enhancing Collaborative Management of Transboundary Resources in East Africa (CONNECT), conducted a 3-day capacity building and a 3-day field trip for journalists to enhance their learning and understanding of wildlife conservation, reducing illegal wildlife trade and consumption of terrestrial and marine wildlife species across […]
The Kenyan media has not created safe spaces for women working within the newsroom, Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK) Executive Director Patience Nyange has said. Nyange notes that sexual harassment has been normalised in newsrooms, and there are no proper mechanisms to deal with the vice or to hold perpetrators liable. Some women […]
Kajiado, Kenya: Towards the tail end of the year 2020, Kenya was facing an unprecedented crisis as a result of the Covid-19 global pandemic. Infection rates rose sharply, deaths resulting from health-related complications were also rising, the increasing strain on healthcare facilities that were ill prepared for a crisis of this magnitude was alarming. In […]
HIVOS and AMWIK conducted a 3-day training and mentorship event for journalists drawn from Mombasa, Nakuru, Makueni, Elgeyo Marakwet and Nandi Counties on investigative journalism and accurate reporting on public finance management issues. The training aimed to encourage the production of investigative stories centred around the allocation, procurement, and utilization of funds set aside for […]
To commemorate International Safer Internet Day, AMWIK and its partners Pollicy, Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF), and IAWRT, hosted women journalists at the FNF offices in discussions on challenges they face in digital spaces, the impact on their work and how to enhance safe and inclusive online spaces. Speaking during the engagement, AMWIK Executive Director, Patience […]
The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has encouraged media stakeholders in Kenya to come up with possible solutions to address the various issues affecting the sector. The Council on Wednesday, 08 February, hosted stakeholders of the media sector in Kenya for a consultative roundtable on the state of media in Kenya. The meeting brought together various stakeholders in the industry including the Kenya Union […]
The AMWIK team led by the ED, Patience Nyange paid a courtesy call to the Uraia Trust secretariat to advance collaborative relations. The talks focused on the role of media in promoting a gender-responsive society, online harassment and enhancing women’s participation in leadership. Uraia Trust CEO, Oliver Waindi termed the meeting crucial due to the […]
The impact of online harassment on journalists’ mental health is enormous, with serious ramifications for them, their work, and press freedom. This is especially true for women and diverse journalists, who are disproportionately targeted by online attacks. As a response towards tackling online harassment, the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) has tailormade a resource dubbed […]
Conservationists in the regional entities from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda in partnership with the Association Media in Kenya have called out the media to be deliberate and take a proactive approach on wildlife conservation. The ‘Increasing E.African Media Coverage of conversation and wildlife issues’ project, seeks to equip journalists with firsthand information on biodiversity […]
The media has a role in mitigating the risks of GBV through sensitive reporting. Insensitive and unethical media reporting is listed among reasons behind society shunning and shaming survivors. The media has to sensitise the masses on core principles that dignify humanity and as provided for by the Constitution. Any story that violates the ethical […]
