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Edith Kamaru Kwobah, girl from Ndeiya who dressed bodies to get money for medical school
By Guest Writer,
1110, April 9, 2021 (EAT)
By Dr. Susan Adongo Her first shift was on a Thursday night. “I wasn’t sure what to wear,” Edith Kamaru told me. But it didn’t matter becau...
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PROFILE: Judy Kihumba, bridging the gap for mothers whose hearing is impaired
By Guest Writer,
1415, April 8, 2021 (EAT)
By Patience Nyange and Esther Kiragu This week in the Kenya Women Series we feature Judy Kihumba, a sign language interpreter; communicator; passio...
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PROFILE: Yvonne Okwara – Matole, authentic and unafraid, a trailblazer in Kenya’s media industry
By Guest Writer,
758, April 1, 2021 (EAT)
By Patience Nyange and Esther Kiragu Yvonne Okwara - Matole is a household name in Kenya, having been in the media industry for over 15 years now. ...
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Media personality Janet Mbugua named international gender champion
By Rachel Ombaka,
803, March 22, 2021 (EAT)
Kenyan media personality Janet Mbugua, who is the Founder of Inua Dada Foundation, has been named an International Gender Champion (IGC). She joins...
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Citizen TV’s Yvonne Okwara among top African women feted in new book
By Rachel Ombaka,
1903, March 9, 2021 (EAT)
Facebook released a book that recognises women breaking boundaries in different fields and Citizen TV's Yvonne Okwara is one of them. In the book t...
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UNEP rolls out electric bikes project in Nairobi’s Karura forest
By Citizen Reporter,
834, March 4, 2021 (EAT)
49 motorcycles made little noise but raised much interest in Nairobi’s Karura Forest on Tuesday morning, as the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) laun...
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PROFILE: Nerima Wako taking the leap for youth to take part in politics, governance
By Guest Writer,
1300, February 11, 2021 (EAT)
By Patience Nyange Nerima Wako is the Executive Director of Siasa Place, an organisation she founded in 2015 to create an enabling environment for ...
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JAMILA’S TRAVEL DIARY: Of our Canada trip, unexpected airport tests & quarantine away from my son
By Jamila Mohamed,
1123, February 8, 2021 (EAT)
I am currently writing this from my hotel room in Victoria, the capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver...
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Cicely Tyson, iconic and influential actress, dies at 96
By CNN,
949, January 29, 2021 (EAT)
Cicely Tyson, an award-winning icon of the stage and screen who broke barriers for Black actresses with surpassing dignity, died Thursday, her longtim...
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PROFILE: Ngele Ali, holding space for communities to use their own voices
By Guest Writer,
1126, February 6, 2021 (EAT)
By Patience Nyange and Esther Kirago Ngele Ali is an award-winning media, communications for development and advocacy expert with over 20 years of ...
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Early identification of prehypertension as a preventive measure can avert associated morbidity and death
By Citizen Reporter,
935, October 22, 2020 (EAT)
As Kenya joined the world in marking World Hypertension Day on Saturday, a new study has revealed an overall burden of 54.5% and 20.8% for prehyperten...
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First Lady Margaret Kenyatta pushes for enhanced digital inclusion for persons with disabilities
By PSCU,
622, October 9, 2020 (EAT)
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has called for enhanced digital inclusion for persons with disabilities so as to eliminate technological barriers that pr...
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WAN-IFRA Women in News, City, University of London to study sexual harassment in the media industry
By Rachel Ombaka,
1344, August 19, 2020 (EAT)
WAN-IFRA Women in News and City, University of London are conducting a major study into sexual harassment in the media workplace in select countries i...
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Kenya’s famed wildebeest migration begins without foreign tourist crowds
By Reuters,
1020, August 12, 2020 (EAT)
Normally, the magnificent plains of the Maasai Mara National Reserve are crowded with international tourists hoping to see a lion hunt during the annu...
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How Kenyan consulate in Lebanon became feared by women it was meant to help
By CNN,
1633, July 29, 2020 (EAT)
A deep sense of fear descended over Gloria as she stepped off the bustling street into her country's consulate. Weeks earlier, she said, she paid t...
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Push for SRHR policies, legal frameworks to protect the vulnerable amid COVID-19
By Citizen Reporter,
1558, July 10, 2020 (EAT)
Initially, the awareness on women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) was more focused on the distribution of sanitary towels to youn...
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What happens if a coronavirus vaccine is never developed? It has happened before
By CNN,
924, May 3, 2020 (EAT)
As countries lie frozen in lockdown and billions of people lose their livelihoods, public figures are teasing a breakthrough that would mark the end o...
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Sudan makes FGM a crime in ‘new era’ for women’s rights
By Reuters,
1210, May 1, 2020 (EAT)
Sudan has criminalised female genital mutilation (FGM), making it punishable by three years in jail, a move campaigners said ushered in a “new era...
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Eliud Kipchoge stuns in KSh.500,000 suit in GQ magazine feature
By Tonny Ndungu,
905, March 31, 2020 (EAT)
Veteran marathoner Eliud Kipchoge- who became the first man in the world to run a marathon in under two hours in 2019- is gracing April's edition of t...
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‘Queen Sono’ first original African series commissioned by Netflix
By CNN,
1236, March 10, 2020 (EAT)
If you're tired of the Bond formula, Queen Sono may be the spy you've been waiting to binge-watch. In this Netflix series, released on February 28,...
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