by dswen | Sep 29, 2020 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
State of the African Woman Campaign (SoAWC) Project Case Studies Mijikenda Kaya Elders Association of Kenya Campaign to Re-institute the Traditional Court for Mijikenda Communities in Kenya September 22, 2020 Documented by: Julie Tumbo, Rhonda Schlangen and Boniface...
by dswen | Sep 2, 2020 | Covid-19, Kenya, Youth Empowerment
“Yes, I come from a place that many have painted as a place of disease, despair, and disorder, of poverty and hardship. But despite the harsh reality of daily life, there are stories of joy and happiness. My mission is to bring these stories to light and thereby...
by Collins Baswony | Aug 24, 2020 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
In the last one month, Kenyans have been treated to a heated debate on reproductive health triggered by the second reading of the reproductive healthcare bill at the senate. The most contentious provisions of the bill have been those on the right of adolescents to...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Aug 14, 2020 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
On Wednesday, the Githurai Youth Empowerment Centre in Githurai, Nairobi County, Kenya celebrated International Youth Day and hosted a panel to discuss vital issues affecting youth in Kenya, namely teenage pregnancy, youth unemployment, and access to family planning...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Aug 4, 2020 | Covid-19, Female Empowerment, Kenya, Youth Empowerment
Joyce Wanjiru, 29, is the current Miss Kibera, the annual contest held in Kibera to recognise young leaders in the community. She runs the Beyond the Scars mentorship programme where she talks to and mentors young people on sexual and reproductive health and rights...
by Evelyn Samba | Jul 10, 2020 | Covid-19, Female Empowerment, Kenya, Youth Empowerment
“Africa’s population is the fastest-growing in the world. Yet sexual and reproductive health and rights are being neglected amid the pandemic with dire consequences,” says Evelyn Samba for World Population Day (July 11, 2020). Africa, along with the...