by Nduta Waweru | Dec 5, 2023 | Kenya, Youth
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a perverse problem across the world. In Kenya, the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey reports that 34% and 13% of girls and women and 27% and 7% of boys and men aged 15-49 have experienced physical and sexual violence respectively since...
by Shane O'Halloran | Nov 7, 2023 | Advance, Empower, Enhance, Entrepreneurship, Uganda, Youth, Youth Empowerment
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs: The POWER to Transform Family Planning in Uganda We recently had the privilege of speaking with Joan Patience Atuhaire, the Chief Executive Officer of SimplyFP, an innovative startup in Uganda that is part of a new initiative called...
by Nduta Waweru | Oct 9, 2023 | Kenya
Contraception empowers women and girls to have control over their reproductive health. It allows them to decide if and when to have children as well as the number and spacing of their children and ensures their reproductive autonomy and their right to make informed...
by Nduta Waweru | Sep 29, 2023 | Empower, Female Empowerment, Kenya, Youth Empowerment
By Chebet Marcelina, Adolescent Champion from West Pokot, Kenya. My journey as a young leader began at age 13 when I became a member of the West Pokot Children’s Assembly. Through my active participation and mission of amplifying the voices of young people to...
by Nduta Waweru | Sep 27, 2023 | Empower, Youth Empowerment
During the World Population Day in 2022, Sherry* aged 18, was a guest at a local radio station in Migori County to talk about her life. The journey to this point was a long time in the making. Sherry is a young mother living on care. She found out she was pregnant and...
