KENA SHAH

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Kena is an independent journalist based in Canada and a 2025 JAWS (Journalism and Women Symposium) Health Journalism Fellow.

 

Her reporting on gender-based violence, particularly female genital mutilation and Canada’s lack of action surrounding its domestic practices, has been awarded the 2024 Amnesty International Media Award.

 

She has reported on the lack of access to sexual assault evidence collection kits in Canadian hospitals and on the role of pharmaceutical companies in fuelling exploitative horse blood farming for a hormone used in factory farming globally. ​

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Her work can be found in Chatelaine, Business Insider, New Scientist, This Magazine, Refinery29, and more. 

 

Kena is a former software engineer and holds a degree in computer engineering. She is skilled in all things programming and data, including its associated tools such as Python, Excel, SQL, and more.