PROFILE: Ngele Ali, holding space for communities to use their own voices

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange and Esther Kirago Ngele Ali is an award-winning media, communications for development and advocacy expert with over 20 years of ...

ngele ali

PROFILE: Caren Wakoli mentoring youth to eradicate poverty

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange and Esther Kiragu Caren Wakoli is the Executive Director at Emerging Leaders Foundation. She calls herself a student of life,...

Caren Wakoli , Emerging Leaders Foundation , YALI

Women in Business: Rose Mwebi fights to stay afloat amid COVID-19

By Dorcas Wangira,

Rose Mwebi, 42, steels herself everyday to keep her business ventures in Kenya's Kisii County afloat at the time of a global pandemic. She cannot a...

rose mwebi , Sheilamo Investment Uniform Centre and Noa Printing Press

British charity Comic Relief stops sending celebs to Africa after ‘white saviour’ furore

By Reuters,

British charity Comic Relief said on Wednesday that it will stop sending celebrities to Africa to raise funds following criticism that figures like si...

Sheeran , slum tourism , white saviour

‘Black gold’: How global demand for hair products is linked to forced labor in Chinese camps

By CNN,

For the past decade, Mikayla Lowe Davis has been braiding and styling hair for her customers. “The first thing people see a lot of times is our h...

braids , hair , synthetic hair , weaves

New Nollywood film ‘Oloture’ sheds light on human trafficking in Nigeria

By CNN,

Dressed in a transparent and colorful blouse, a sex worker in Lagos, the commercial center of Nigeria jumps out the window of a room at a party to avo...

Netflix , oloture

Futures destroyed: COVID-19 unleashes ‘shadow pandemics’ on Africa’s girls

By Reuters,

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...

child marriage , coronavirus , FGM , shadow pandemic , teen pregnancies

PROFILE: Eugene Mbugua talks creating 11 TV shows and being a renegade

By Ian Omondi,

Eugene Mbugua studied at USIU-A where he majored in Television Production and minored in Print Media. He graduated a day after his first TV show �...

COVID-19 , Documentary & Reality TV , Eugene Mbugua , Sol Family , Young Rich

Michelle Obama and Melinda Gates: We can’t ignore adolescent girls in Covid-19 response

By CNN,

Today should have been a school day for 15-year-old Fortunate Ayomirwoth. But for the past five months, her school has been closed. Fortunate now s...

adolescent girls , defilement , early marriage , Fortunate Ayomirwoth , rape , sexual violence , teenage pregnancy

How Kenyan consulate in Lebanon became feared by women it was meant to help

By CNN,

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...

Kefala , Kenyan consulate in Lebanon , Lebanon , Sayed Chalouhi

WHO: COVID-19 pandemic drain on health systems leaves women’s health at risk

By VOA,

The COVID-19 pandemic drain on health systems has left few resources for anything else. As a result, World Health Organization Director General Dr....

coronavirus , Menstrual health , SRHR

COVID-19 exposes the harsh realities of gender inequality in slums

By Guest Writer,

The COVID-19 pandemic is largely concentrated in cities and urban areas, with around 2,600 cities globally reporting at least one case of the disease....

coronavirus , Gender inequality , Kibra

Coronavirus is killing more men. But the lockdown is disastrous for women and their rights

By CNN,

The novel coronavirus seems to be more deadly for men. But in every other way, women are bearing the brunt of this pandemic. From a spike in domest...

coronavirus , domestic violence , GBV

Equality for 2.1 billion women and girls under threat as progress stalls

By Reuters,

More than 2 billion women and girls around the world may miss out on the advantages of their male peers as progress towards global gender equality goa...

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From #Heels4Pads to free sanitary products at Nuria: Tribute to Jackline Chepng’eno

By Rachel Ombaka,

The horrifying story of Jackline Chepng'eno, who committed suicide after she was shamed for soiling her dress when she got her first period, has ignit...

Menstrual health , sanitary pads

Meet Rosemary Wambui Kagotho: Househelp from Solai who scored B-

By Robert Maina,

For Rosemary Wambui Kagotho, passing the KCSE exams nine years ago brought both joy and immense sadness. Her family, though poor, had managed to se...

AIDS related deaths in Kenya down by 50%

By Duncan Mutwiri,

AIDS related deaths in Kenya have reduced by 50percent with the rate of new infections reducing by 30%. A report by UNAIDS revealed this week shows...

AIDS related deaths , UNAIDS , World Aids Day

Why men have more internet access worldwide

By Duncan Mutwiri,

A recent survey has shown that, globally, men are more likely to access the internet than women. In the Inclusive Internet Index compiled by the Ec...

Equileap , ICPD25 , internet access

Out of sight out of mind: cry of the disabled in Zimbabwe

By VOA,

In life, few knew him. Yet in death, 33-year old Ndumiso Ngwenya became the talk of the town a leper who had spent his days under strict lock and key,...

Meet 50-year-old Cecilia Nambuya, gifted Form Three student

By Otukho Jackson,

Cecilia Nambuya, a 50-year-old woman from Shauri Moyo, Nairobi frequently catches the attention of passersby. If you go to Kimathi street within th...

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