Victim tropes still common in coverage of persons with disabilities
It’s time to ditch the stereotypes and cover persons with disabilities as equal members of society who are more than their disability, writes Jackie Lidubwi People with disabilities experience inequalities across many aspects of society. They are often denied access to opportunities available to their non-disabled counterparts. A UN writeup on disability and the media […]
We couldn’t find suitable internships, so we created our own media house
Three years ago, three university students were at the cusp of their journalism careers, looking forward to starting their journeys in newsrooms in Zimbabwe. However, they met with unforeseen roadblocks.  Nicole Kurebwasweka couldnât get placement for the industrial attachment unit of her journalism course at the University of Zimbabwe. The production department of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation turned her down, saying they […]
Pandemic took away my paycheck, but brightened my career prospects
Janet Otieno was editing the final page of a magazine for the Citizen, a Tanzanian newspaper, when she received a call from human resources. It was 5pm in April 2020, about a month after the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Tanzania. Janet, the acting managing editor and features editor at Mwananchi Communications in Tanzania, stopped mid-sentence […]
AWiM and UNESCO Empowered and Researched East African Women Journalists During COVID-19
Online training was not one of our goals for 2020. Nor did we envision training a whopping 200 East African women on six courses. But then the world did not imagine that COVID-19 would become a pandemic. With the support of UNESCO, within the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) framework, we were […]
Bravo AWiM! You are the Dose Iâve Been Looking For by Beatrice Dama Kahindi
My story started late at night when I received a late night call from my superior which I was tempted to ignore as I was so sleepy thought it was my wake up alarm. Little did I know that it was a wakeup call for me. He asked me to try and apply for the […]
If they are unable to see your work; it doesnât mean you are worth nothing! by Joyce Wangui Wachira-Kangema
âLife is a test, never give upâ Journalism is not for a faint heart! Every Female journalists around the world has a story to tell about the terrible ordeal they (have) had been through while in the line of their duties. Some say they missed opportunities, promotions or those âbigâ assignments because they said no […]
To Think I Almost Missed #RCCE2020
To think I almost missed this training! I heard about AWiMâs RCCE programme through a forwarded WhatsApp message in one of the groups I am in. The lady who forwarded it wrote: âguys jaribuniâ translated as âguys try your luck.â I applied for the training immediately, then I also forwarded the link to a friend to try her luck. I am on a maternity leave, and both electric and internet services at my place had been interrupted for almost a week. […]
How #RCCE2020 Changed my Perspective on Safety by Ann Ndungâu
Safety to me used to be just about physical safety, however that perspective has been broadened via the #RCCE2020 Training of which I am a participant. During my internship period, I faced one of what I can now say were threats but at the time, I did not understand what was happening around me, and I thought that has to happen in every working […]
Gender Bias and the Media Woman
âI raise my voice not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard. We cannot succeed when half of us are held back.,â Malala Yousafzai. Gender bias is a preference or prejudice toward one gender over the other. Bias can be conscious or unconscious, and may manifest in many ways, both […]
How Journalists can stay safe while reporting Covid 19
Safety especially journalist safety is very vital in this day and age we find ourselves. The corona virus pandemic has heightened the already present need for safety of journalists and now more than ever, journalists who are at the war front with health care workers deserve to be safe. Journalists in a bid to bring […]