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 […]