The shift to cleaner cooking fuel The Covid-19 pandemic presented a lot of challenges to Kenyans from all walks of life. The lockdowns and the movement restrictions saw incomes dip in many families, forcing many women to turn away from cleaner cooking energy like LPG Gas to environmentally unfriendly fuels like wood, charcoal, and kerosene….
Blantyre The voices of minibus conductors rent the air as they rhythmically shout out the prices and destinations to townships surrounding Limbe Market. While some run towards the men and women laden with plastic bags others simply call out to their prospective customers to jump on a bus promising them a ride that will…
Umurava; a group of women involved in biodiversity conservation in Nyungwe National Park. PHOTO/Annonciata Byukusenge/ AWiMKigali Rwandan women around Nyungwe National Park are running activities that are aimed at curbing animal poaching. With 1,068 recorded plant species, 322 bird species, 75 known mammal species and 13 different primate species, the park provides 70 per cent…
Kisumu In the busy Nyalenda slums in Kisumu City, elderly women are kneeling down on a white gunny bag, spreading some black substance. The 25 women and five men organised a group christened United Destiny Shapers (UDS) a community-based organisation that makes briquettes as an alternative source of clean and safe energy. This has been…
Beula Gardens women at work sorting and processing baobab seeds.Photo/ Linah Mwamachi/AWiMNairobi Mombasa The baobab tree stands out from other trees by its two characteristics, its gigantic size and age. Known by its scientific name Adansonia digitata, the most common species of African Baobab is found in 31 African countries, including Kenya. The African Baobab…
African Women in the Media (AWiM) is a network for African women working in media industries anywhere globally. We aim to impact positively the way media functions in relation to women, and our vision is that one day women of African heritage will have equal representation in media industries. More information on the organisation can…
We have a new baby on this block and that is AWiM/UNEP African Environment Journalism Programme. This means we are going to have an environmental beat which is underpinned by the African Green Stimulus Program and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. There is a lot going on especially after Covid-19 pandemic disrupted…
