The Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communication (AKU-GSMC) has released a comprehensive regional study examining how the media in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda frame sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and femicide. The event brought together officials from gender-based violence groups and editors who cover such stories, including Amnesty Executive Director Irungu Houghton and Gender-Based Violence Technical Working Group chairperson Nancy Barasa. The study recommends institutionalising gender desks in newsrooms, enhancing journalist training in gender-sensitive reporting, and improving follow-up on justice outcomes. “Media must move beyond episodic reporting to challenge the systems that perpetuate gender violence,” the report concludes, emphasising the critical role of journalism in advancing justice, equality, and social reform across East Africa.