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Impact of COVID19 on East African Women Journalists

African Women in Media010 mins

This study was supported by UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication. Click here to download the full report: Impact of COVID19 on East African Women Journalists EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The threat posed by coronavirus has propelled journalists to the frontline as information purveyors to a world struggling to come to terms with the pandemic……...

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AWiM and UNESCO Empowered and Researched East African Women Journalists During COVID-19

African Women in Media09 mins

Online training was not one of our goals for 2020. Nor did we envision training a whopping 200 East African women on six courses. But then the world did not imagine that COVID-19 would become a pandemic. With the support of UNESCO, within the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) framework, we were…

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If they are unable to see your work; it doesn’t mean you are worth nothing! by Joyce Wangui Wachira-Kangema

African Women in Media14 mins

“Life is a test, never give up” Journalism is not for a faint heart! Every Female journalists around the world has a story to tell about the terrible ordeal they (have) had been through while in the line of their duties. Some say they missed opportunities, promotions or those ‘big’ assignments because they said no…

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My Journey of Journalism Transformation has just began with AWiM By Lilian Museka

African Women in Media05 mins

As I walk through Lindi area of Kibra, the largest slum in Kenya and Africa to conduct interviews for my pitch, so many questions linger in my mind considering the rate of crime; how safe am I? How safe are my equipment? Could there be someone tracking me since I look more of a stranger?…

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To Think I Almost Missed #RCCE2020

African Women in Media13 mins

To think I almost missed this training!   I heard about AWiM’s RCCE programme through a forwarded WhatsApp message in one of the groups I am in. The lady who forwarded it wrote: “guys jaribuni” translated as “guys try your luck.” I applied for the training immediately, then I also forwarded the link to a friend to try her luck. I am on a maternity leave, and both electric and internet services at my place had been interrupted for almost a week….

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How #RCCE2020 Changed my Perspective on Safety by Ann Ndung’u

African Women in Media04 mins

Safety to me used to be just about physical safety, however that perspective has been broadened via the #RCCE2020 Training of which I am a participant. During my internship period, I faced one of what I can now say were threats but at the time, I did not understand what was happening around me, and I thought that has to happen in every working…

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Meet the #RCCE2020 Trainers

African Women in Media010 mins

The #RCCE200 project from African Women in Media in partnership with UNESCO under the framework of the IPDC is pleased to present the trainers for the Risk Communication and Community Engagement training. Meet the trainers;  Trainer: Ruona Meyer  Bio: Ruona Meyer is an Emmy-nominated, multimedia journalist with 17 years’ experience in print, radio, wire agency, TV and digital outlets across…

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Project #RCCE Launches Today and Participants are Thrilled about what’s to come

African Women in Media03 mins

African Women in Media (AWiM), in partnership with UNESCO under the framework of the IPDC announces the kick off/ launch of the Risk Communication and Community Engagement project (RCCE) today, July 1, 2020.   This project which received applications from over 600 female journalists from Eastern Africa with interest in the areas of health/risk communication and community engagement in light of the Covid 19 global pandemic. The…

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AWiM and UNESCO capacitate Eastern African female journalists on Covid-19

African Women in Media94 mins

A group of 200 Eastern African women journalists will soon be connected through an on-line resource hub addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and providing online training materials on how to cover the outbreak. The hub will also include a database with reference media content and links to good practices on reporting sanitary emergencies in the world. Read more…

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