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Programmes Media Diversity and Literacy Partnerships
To meet AWC's objective to mainstream gender in the media, it is essential that we work with existing networks and institutions.
AWC is part of the Africa Gender and Media Initiative (GEM) - a partnership between 3 organizations comitted to the fair representation of women and increased coverage of gender issues in the mainstream media.
The two partners in this initiative are Inter Press Service (IPS) in Zimbabwe, a global development news network that has been at the forefront of mainstreaming gender in its coverage; and the Gender Links in South Africa, whose focus is on gender mainstreaming in the media in Southern Africa.
Other partners working with the
| In the Shadow of Death |
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The book, In the Shadow of Death: My trauma, my experience is public testimony on what the majority women went though during the post-election violence that engulfed Kenya immediately after the Electoral Commission of Kenya announced the results for the hotly-contested presidential polls of the December 2007 General Election. The crisis brought to the fore a number of factors that separate our society but for long have been ignored by successive post-independence governments: poverty, land, inequality, tribalism, among others. |
| 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence |
 This year's theme for the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence is 'Human Rights for Women, Human Rights for All' |
| Kenya Audio Visual Archives Conference |
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The African Woman and Child Feature Service, the Kenya Archival Study Group and the Ford Foundation office in Nairobi, Kenya will hold the Preservation, Conservation and Restoration of Audio Visual Media Conference. The conference will be held at the National Museums of Kenya in Nairobi, from December 3rd – 5th 2008. |
