As press freedom continues to struggle in Kenya, alternatives keep hope alive

  Two ranking measures – the World Press Freedom Index 2021 and African Media Barometer publications – indicate that journalists ...

Garissa MP steps out with all-women body guards

Garissa County Woman Representative Anab Gure has created a buzz after she was spotted with all-female guards dressed in Muslim ...

Empowering Women in media

Women remain underrepresented in leadership roles in media organisations despite a higher proportion of female students graduating from university journalism ...

Meet the GEMNET team

The Gender Media Network of Kenya (Gemnet) team comprises of journalists and communication experts attached to various media organisations – ...

How failure to report and manage sexual harassment is harming African news media

New research released today by the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA)’s Women in News programme has provided first-of-its-kind insight ...

Tackling the Underrepresentation of Women in Media

By Aneeta Rattan, Siri Chilazi, Oriane Georgeac, and Iris Bohnet Around the world, women are far less likely than men ...

Journalists’ mental health during the pandemic: We need to talk

Stress, anxiety, depression, sleep and eating disorders or burnout are just some of the mental health problems that  many journalists covering ...

The women you see in the news matter. Here’s why

Today is International Women’s Day – it’s a moment to think about how much better our news diet could be ...

Why is the media so afraid to talk about sexual harassment?

The eve of International Women’s Day presents an opportunity for us to think about gender equality and the long and ...

WAN-IFRA Women in News names Mary Mbewe  the 2020 Editorial Leadership Award Laureate for Africa

Today, WAN-IFRA Women in News has named Mary Mbewe, the Executive Editor of the Daily Nation in Zambia, as the ...

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