by Nduta Waweru | Jul 5, 2022 | Empower, Kenya
By Malemba Mkongo When Fransica Wanjiku got married in 2019, her main prayer was to one day give birth to a healthy baby. Being a woman living with a disability, she could not go ahead with her plans of conceiving without consulting a doctor to weigh in on whether...
by Nduta Waweru | May 28, 2022 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
Menstrual health has been dogged by myths and misconceptions, some of which have made everything around the natural body processes taboo. The sad bit is that, because of this, many girls and women of reproductive age do not have a safe space to speak out about what...
by Nduta Waweru | May 20, 2022 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
When Health Chief Administrative Secretary, Mercy Mwangangi, challenged various stakeholders to be innovative in creating solutions to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights issues, we heeded the call. We took time to do the research, create and design the...
by Brussels Communications | May 17, 2022 | Brussels, Global Health
In 2020, women and girls accounted for 63% of all new HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa, with young women in the region twice as likely to be living with HIV than men. Discrimination, gender stereotyping and the continued violation of women’s rights lead to...
by Brussels Communications | Dec 1, 2021 | Brussels, Covid-19, Global Health
On the 33rd World AIDS Day, marked yearly on December 1, there’s a growing sense of urgency as global targets to eliminate HIV, once within reach, start to slip away from grasp. While investments in HIV prevention and treatment, from research and innovation (R&I)...