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Press Releases CHOGM 2007
The African Woman and Child Features Service (AWC) is a Nairobi-based media organisation with an African regional outlook.
AWC has been active in training journalists and other media practitioners as well as NGOs in the region in the area of gender, media and development. It has assisted in the production of training manuals for organisations, gender mainstreaming policies and content for media houses and training women on how to access and effectively use the media for development.
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CHOGM is an acronym for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. It is held every two (2) years and brings together Commonwealth leaders to discuss global and Commonwealth issues, and to agree upon collective policies and initiatives. In 2007, CHOGM was held in Kampala, Uganda from the 23rd to 25th November African Woman & Child Feature Service developed the GEM newsletter Read the 2nd edition of GEM Newsletter Read the 3rd edition of GEM Newsletter
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Preliminary report of a study commissioned by African Woman and Child Feature Service as part of the Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender Violence, November 25- December 10, 2004
A snapshot of Kenyan Newspapers’ coverage of violence against women December 10, 2005 to October 2006
A group of women journalists have come together, facilitated by the Swedish and Norwegian envoys in Kenya, and launched an initiative called 'Healing the Nation'.
The GGP was developed by different stakeholders comprising women leaders and women centred civil society organisations and supported by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and development partners such as the Swedish International Development Agency, the Royal Netherlands Embassy, the Royal Norwegian Embassy and DFID.
