Audrey Kawire Wabwire
Audrey Kawire Wabwire manages media relations and communications strategy in the Horn and eastern Africa. She presents and co-produces the HRW podcast Power of the Streets and oversees the Nairobi Human Rights Watch Film Festival. Audrey writes commentary about teen pregnancy, the women’s rights movement in Africa and other human rights stories in the region.
Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, she oversaw communications and digital advocacy as communications manager at the Kenya Human Rights Commission. She worked with BBC Media Action out of the Nairobi bureau producing digital content for local governance TV and radio shows. She also conducted trainings for journalists in Kenya. Audrey is a radio journalist and has reported on climate change Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Botswana and South Africa. She is based in Nairobi.
Articles Authored
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April 23, 2019
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April 17, 2019
Who Cares About Kenyan Women?
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December 17, 2018
Interview: The Downside of Kenya’s Massive Development Project
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July 4, 2018
Interview: Years of Untold Suffering at Jail Ogaden
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June 14, 2018
Witness: Coming Back to School
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February 21, 2018
Interview: How Security Forces in Somalia Fail to Protect Children
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December 14, 2017
Witness: Silently Struggling with Rape in Kenya
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November 14, 2017
Trapped and Abused Behind Closed Doors in Oman
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October 25, 2017
Witness: Stripped of Their Brick Home, Living in a Mud House