PROGRAMMES

Media Development and Membership

AMWIK trains journalists on gender and conflict-sensitive reporting-specialized reporting, safety, protection, and security skills-online and offline, adherence to the code of conduct for the practice of journalism, content production and story grants, capacity building for community media/ freelance journalists/citizen journalists and works with partners to conduct workshops for journalists.

Safeguarding Women's Participation in Economic Recovery

AMWIK seeks to organize and participate in national dialogues on women’s economic empowerment. We leverage media to sensitize women on various forms of economic growth through packaging materials for radio listening groups, podcasts, videos and stories.

AMWIK advocates for women to participate in decision-making levels through policy influencing and networking with other human rights organizations to champion the economic development of women.

Sexual Health and Reproductive Rights

AMWIK educates, sensitizes and empowers community members on their reproductive health rights, creates awareness on menstruation rights for young girls, trains journalists on writing gender-responsive stories and publicizing issues such as Gender-Based Violence (GBV), Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), teenage pregnancies, early marriages, education for all, creating awareness on sexual harassment and much more. This is achieved through advocacy and establishing the right partnerships.

Gender and Governance

Women are underrepresented in decision-making on many platforms. AMWIK addresses this by actively training journalists and media houses on publishing gender-responsive stories, training women on amplifying their voices and using the media to articulate issues, training women aspirants on leveraging on media to improve their communication skills and branding themselves and profiling women in leadership positions.

UNITED SOCIETY AGAINST FRAUD, WASTE AND ABUSE (USAWA) PROGRAM

Funded by USAID, the United Society Against Fraud, Waste and Abuse (USAWA) program is implemented by Transparency International Kenya in partnership with the Association of Media Women in Kenya, Global Compact Network Kenya, and the Inter-Religious Council of Kenya.
USAWA aims to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse for improved health service delivery in Isiolo, Kakamega, Kilifi, Mombasa, and Nakuru counties.
The expected outcomes include: increased citizen action to address fraud, waste, and abuse in the health sector; strengthened health leadership, governance, financing and commodity systems in the health sector at the county level to increase transparency, accountability and participation; and improved enforcement of relevant laws, policies and procedures to reduce fraud, waste and abuse at national and county levels.

Digital Safety and Security

The Association of Media Women in Kenya advocates for and promotes digital safety and security by partnering with media houses to enhance the safety of women in online spaces, and advocating for laws that encourage women’s interaction online and prosecution of perpetrators of online violence. AMWIK facilitates the training of journalists and produces materials to promote digital safety and security.

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