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Guided by the principle of equal development for women, men and children, AWC disseminates information by way of feature articles, published in mainstream newspapers throughout Africa and beyond, training manuals and hand books, news bulletins, magazines and occasionally audio and video productions for broadcast via radio, television and the internet. All the information disseminated by AWC has a progressive gender perspective.

Reject Online Issue 48

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cover of Reject Online Issue 48 Highlights in this issue:

The elusive cattle rustlers
Situation remains dire for squatters of Kibwezi
Late detection marks the ravages of breast cancer
A bleeding disorder that could be unique to Central Province
Illegal power connections in slums ticking time bomb
CCK move to tame courier services
New lease of life as Prisons implement new laws
Campaign for guinea pigs in fight against food insecurity

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Celebrating the Constitution - Reject Issue 46

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O Celebrating the Constitution - Reject Isseu 46 n August 27, 2010, Kenyans celebrated a historic event that marked promulgation of a new Constitution.

One year later, The Reject looks at how far the country has gone with implementation of the new law through a gender lens. This is a 24-page special newspaper that specifically targets women’s gains and issues within our communities and government as the country races against time in ensuring the new laws are enacted.

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Strength of a Woman

Reports

Strength of a Woman - International Women's Day 2011

Strength of a Woman - International Women's Day Special

This special issue of Strength of a Woman, we take stock of women's progress 25 years after the Nairobi Forward Looking Strategies and 16 years after the Beijing Platform for Action.

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Kenyan Woman

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Kenyan Woman

The Kenyan Woman is a publication of AWCFS and is produced with support from United Nations Democratic Fund

The first issue was from the Women's Conference on the Harmonized Draft Constitution held at the KCCT Mbagathi, Nairobi, Kenya on 14th December 2009.

The Kenyan Woman is now produced as a monthly publication.

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The Media we Want: Kenya Media Vulnerabilities Study

Books

Cover of the Media We Want “The Media Vulnerabilities Study” gives a fairly good picture of the current Kenyan media scene. It describes the changes - technological, economic policy and structural which have affected and ultimately transformed the basic relationship between the Kenyan media and society.