Chile’s government distributed faulty birth control pills. Now more than 150 people are pregnant.

By CNN,

In Chile's arid Atacama desert, Tabita Daza Rojas is trying to scrape together enough money to finish construction on her home before her baby, due an...

birth control , Chile

OPINION: No emotive approach to FGM, medicalization still rife

By Guest Writer,

By Maria Wanza  There was jubilation when a petitioner, Dr Tatu Kamau, had her case thrown out of court. She had petitioned the court in 2017, cha...

FGM , Tatu Kamau

OPINION: Say no to victim blaming and shaming of GBV survivors

By Guest Writer,

By Alvin Mwangi Women and girls continue to face life-threatening situations in their daily social, educational, economical and personal lives from...

GBV

OPINION: Stop discrimination and violence against LGBTQ+ community

By Guest Writer,

By Alvin Mwangi Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) persons in Kenya face high rates of sexual and gender based violence. The...

gay sex , LGBTQ

OPINION: Sex education the perfect pill to cure rampant teen pregnancies

By Guest Writer,

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...

sex education , teen pregnancies

U.N. says human rights must be at core of COVID-19 recovery

By VOA,

The U.N. high commissioner for human rights has issued a call to action for international Human Rights Day to build back in a more sustainable and j...

coronavirus , human rights

OPINION: Media a critical player in ending impunity in GBV

By Guest Writer,

By Victor Bwire While the Kenyan law outlaws a lot of traditional harmful practices that for many years have enabled perpetuation of gender inequal...

GBV , Two-Thirds Gender bill. , Women in news

Alice Wairimu Nderitu appointed UN Special Adviser on the prevention of genocide

By Citizen Reporter,

Alice Wairimu Nderitu has been appointed as UN Special Adviser on the prevention of genocide. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres ma...

Alice Wairimu Nderitu , GENOCIDE

Lewis Hamilton could face FIA investigation over anti-racism T-shirt

By Agencies,

Formula 1 bosses are looking into whether Lewis Hamilton broke rules at the Tuscan Grand Prix by wearing a T-shirt highlighting police brutality. ...

FIA , Lewis Hamilton , police brutality , T-shirt , Tuscan Grand Prix

CS Matiang’i freezes assets of 9 individuals accused of financing Al Shabaab

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang'i has ordered the freezing of funds and property belonging to nine individuals believed to have been suppo...

How one gay Egyptian woman stood up to homophobia and paid the ultimate price

By CNN,

In 2017, Sarah Hegazi was arrested and said she was tortured for waving a rainbow gay pride flag at a concert in Cairo. Last weekend, the 30-year...

Gay , LGBTQ , Sarah Hegazi

OPINION: Deaths of George Floyd, Hussein Moyo reflect deep-rooted societal malaise

By Guest Writer,

Today, I choose to join millions of global citizens to express my outrage over the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black citizen of United States ...

floyd , hussein moyo

COVID-19: revealing the inequalities in the world of work

By Guest Writer,

While most workers will not have the opportunity to take the streets and raise their challenges, we need to enforce a core message: the COVID-19 disru...

COVID-19

Folau settles unfair dismissal case

By Reuters,

Former Wallabies fullback Israel Folau has settled his unfair dismissal case with Rugby Australia and Super Rugby team the New South Wales Waratahs, b...

Israel Folau , Rugby Australia

No sex outside marriage: Indonesia to pass new law

By Girlie Kendi,

Indonesia is set to pass a highly controversial new penal code that will criminalize consensual sex outside of marriage and effectively outlaw same-se...

Indonesia , the 628 article bill

In Nigeria, your genetic makeup can decide if you get a second date

By CNN,

First date questions in many parts of the world usually revolve around hobbies or favorite TV shows. But in Nigeria, the first date conversation is mo...

Nigeria , Sickle cell , World Health Organisation

Duale cautions school heads against suspending students over hijab

By Amos Sambu,

Garissa Township Member of Parliament Aden Duale has now cautioned school heads in his constituency against banning Muslim students from wearing hijab...

Aden Duale , Garissa Township , hijabs , KLB

Activists decry Botswana appeal against legalizing gay sex

By VOA,

Botswana's government is to appeal a High Court judgement which overturned colonial-era laws against gay sex – the first decriminalization of homose...

Botswana , gay sex

Ghanaian writer wants women to have good sex, talk about it (safely)

By CNN,

"What are your sex and relationship goals for 2019?" That was the question put to women in a blog post published earlier this year in a country tha...

pleasure

Folau crowdfunding shut down after Sh76m raised

By Reuters,

Sacked Australia fullback Israel Folau’s crowdfunding campaign to raise money to fight his termination has been shut down by the GoFundMe platform, ...

Israel Folau , Rugby Australia