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OPINION: Denying boys and girls timely information about reproductive health is a tragedy
By Guest Writer,
1226, April 10, 2021 (EAT)
By Elijah Magaiwa Last year, a 17-year-old girl from my home area of Kuria West in Migori County, got a backdoor and ended up losing her womb. Whe...
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OPINION: Age appropriate sex education can be life saving
By Guest Writer,
1254, April 9, 2021 (EAT)
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen a lot of adolescents and young people remain and stay in homes: some are bored at home and always on their ...
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OPINION: National exams should not be a do or die experience for pregnant learners
By Guest Writer,
1353, April 5, 2021 (EAT)
During the ongoing and the just-concluded and KCSE and KCPE exams respectively, there have been many reports of pregnant girls sitting. This is sim...
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OPINION: Tanzania President Samia Suluhu should allow all pregnant girls back to school
By Guest Writer,
1059, March 27, 2021 (EAT)
In June 2017, the late Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli said students who become pregnant should not be allowed to finish their studies after g...
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Contraceptive use increased in Kenya during COVID-19 pandemic period, survey reveals
By Agencies,
1515, March 25, 2021 (EAT)
The use of modern methods of contraceptives increased from 56 to 61 per cent in 2020, an uptake that may have contributed to the decline in unintended...
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Bill seeks 25-year jail term or Ksh.20M fine for anyone who shares pornography
By Sam Ogina,
940, March 1, 2021 (EAT)
Anybody sharing pornographic material on the internet will risk a Ksh. 20million fine or 25 year jail term or both if a Bill by Garissa town MP Aden D...
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OPINION: Crisis pregnancy centres not the solution for rape survivors
By Guest Writer,
702, February 18, 2021 (EAT)
The emergence of crisis pregnancy centres in Kenya is a problematic solution to survivors of sexual violence who are pregnant as a result of rape or e...
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OPINION: Sanitary pads will encourage girls to stay in school
By Guest Writer,
1100, February 6, 2021 (EAT)
By Alvin Mwangi According to the World Bank, At least 500 million women and girls globally lack adequate facilities for menstrual hygiene managemen...
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OPINION: Why we must handle teen pregnancy as a gender justice issue
By Guest Writer,
1135, January 9, 2021 (EAT)
By Ngare Kariuki It is a gross injustice that many girls will not report back to school because they got pregnant during the COVID-19 lockdown. ...
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OPINION: Sex education the perfect pill to cure rampant teen pregnancies
By Guest Writer,
1543, January 5, 2021 (EAT)
By Serah Kamau As learners troop back to school after a nine-month break thanks to the Covid-19 outbreak, hundreds of girls will remain at home bec...
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Politicians and village tournaments: Value addition or publicity stunt?
By Francis Onguko,
1440, December 21, 2020 (EAT)
At the turn of every Christmas season, politicians, in their characteristics style, have formed a penchant of retreating to the constituencies to orga...
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UNDP, CRAWN Trust push for increased access to maternal, child health services
By Rachel Ombaka,
1632, December 16, 2020 (EAT)
Lack of access to maternal, child health services as well as poor provider attitudes have largely contributed to maternal deaths in Nairobi. Also Rea...
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Action urged on teenage pregnancy and HIV as new report reveals high rates in Homa Bay
By Citizen Reporter,
1116, November 27, 2020 (EAT)
Gender inequality, difficulties in accessing services and poverty are fuelling high rates of unintended pregnancies and HIV in Homa Bay, Western Kenya...
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Teenage pregnancies rise in parts of Kenya as lockdown shuts schools
By Reuters,
1409, November 16, 2020 (EAT)
Jackline Bosibori wept when she found out she was pregnant. Also Read: Baringo teens trading sex for money to buy sanitary towels The 17-year-...
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Activists demand Kenya’s withdrawal from Geneva Consensus Declaration over women’s human rights
By Citizen Reporter,
1510, November 12, 2020 (EAT)
21 Kenyan civil society groups have petitioned the Government of Kenya to withdraw from the Geneva Consensus Declaration (GCD). According to them, ...
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OPINION: Speak out your agony
By Sponsored,
1546, September 30, 2020 (EAT)
By Angelina Cikanda "And what rough beast, its hour come round at last," excerpts from William Butler Yeats' poem "The Second Coming." This ...
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OPINION: The right to live free from violence is a basic human right even as we battle COVID-19
By Guest Writer,
1051, August 28, 2020 (EAT)
The right to live free from violence, to be inseparable from your right and need to keep your body to yourself, to walk unscathed from the fists of ag...
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Futures destroyed: COVID-19 unleashes ‘shadow pandemics’ on Africa’s girls
By Reuters,
1629, August 21, 2020 (EAT)
Until the new coronavirus hit Kenya in March, 17-year-old schoolgirl Anna believed the world was hers for the taking. It didn’t matter that she l...
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Africa Health Officials call for children to return to school
By VOA,
1348, August 21, 2020 (EAT)
Experts from the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund say it's urgent and essential that children across the A...
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Magoha: Lack of sanitary towels not reason for teen pregnancies
By George Amolo,
1233, August 20, 2020 (EAT)
Education CS George Magoha has dismissed claims that teenage pregnancies are on the rise in the country due to lack of sanitary towels. He slammed ...
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