Women journalists amp up fight against COVID-19 in Eastern Africa
One story at a time, women journalists in Eastern Africa are fighting back against the COVID pandemic, with new techniques acquired in online training and a resource hub established through support from the International Programme for Development of Communication (IPDC). With the aim to strengthen the capacities of female journalists in covering the outbreak, UNESCO and Africa Women in Media (AWIM) enrolled and facilitated the completion of 283 female journalists in health reporting and Wikimedia training in Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.