African Woman and Child Feature Service

A training workshop was held in Thika at the Chania Hotel  on the 30th June 2011

The objectives of this workshop

• To build the capacity of Civil Society Organizations on how to use the media effectively in their advocacy campaigns
• To help CSOs establish effective working relationship with the media

An induction workshop report

GMMP research in Kenya and East Africa was coordinated by African Woman and Child Feature Service (AWC).Media monitored include all mainstream media in print and electronic.

The 2010 report contains a plan of action for media professionals and others committed to gender-ethical news media.

The GMMP is the largest and longest running research and advocacy initiative on fair and balanced gender representation in the news media. It is coordinated by WACC, a global network of communicators promoting communication for social change, in collaboration with data analyst Media Monitoring Africa, and with support from the United Nations Development Fund for Women.

Although women in Kenya form the majority of the population and consequently the majority of potential voters, they remain a marginalized group who are more often news objects rather than news makers.

In addition, they continue to play at the periphery of mainstream politics and significant decision making processes. This is much evident in the current political mood in the country and clamor for reforms.

It is against this background that the African Woman and Child Features partnered with The Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa, to bring community women and the media from Mombasa and its vicinity together, in order to map out a way forward.

A Report of a Media Encounter between Journalists and the Community in Kisumu to discuss Transitional Justice as enumerated within the National Cohesion and Reconciliation Accord