Media personality Janet Mbugua named international gender champion

By Rachel Ombaka,

Kenyan media personality Janet Mbugua, who is the Founder of Inua Dada Foundation, has been named an International Gender Champion (IGC). She joins...

Inua Dada Foundation , Janet Mbugua

Gov’t sets aside Ksh.470M to buy sanitary pads for school girls

By Citizen Reporter,

The government has set aside Ksh. 470million to buy sanitary pads for 1.6 girls in public primary and secondary schools. The program targets girls ...

sanitary pads

OPINION: Restoring girls dignity through proper menstrual hygiene management 

By Guest Writer,

By Sharon Kiburi Since Kenya ratified the Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) policy in May 2020, this important milestone has attracted investors s...

menstrual hygiene management , MENSTRUATION , Safepad , sanitary towel

Gov’t urged to distribute sanitary pads for free in schools

By Citizen Reporter,

It was Christmas come early for about 200 street children after they received an assortment of goods from a Nairobi businesswoman as part of her birth...

Teenage pregnancies rise in parts of Kenya as lockdown shuts schools

By Reuters,

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-...

coronavirus , teenage pregnancies

Magoha: Lack of sanitary towels not reason for teen pregnancies

By George Amolo,

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 ...

magoha , sanitary pads , teenage pregnancies

Man seeks justice after daughter among 4 minors forcibly put on contraceptives

By Citizen Reporter,

A family in Kakamega County wants action taken against a local health facility and some of its doctors after their teenage daughter was duped and give...

birth control , contraceptives , Emusanda Health Facility , Kakamega County

Mathare residents charged Ksh.15 to take a shower, Ksh.5 for toilet use

By Kadzo Gunga,

Imagine not having the things that you would easily take for granted, such as not being able to take a bath every day or when you want to. For many...

Mathare , menstrual hygiene , Plan International , shower for girls

Baringo teens trading sex for money to buy sanitary towels

By Citizen Reporter,

Poverty and lack of parental responsibility have been cited as the major reasons for a rise in teenage pregnancies especially during this COVID-19 per...

Baringo County , COVID-19 , teenage pregnancy

Push for SRHR policies, legal frameworks to protect the vulnerable amid COVID-19

By Citizen Reporter,

Initially, the awareness on women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) was more focused on the distribution of sanitary towels to youn...

coronavirus , sexual and reproductive health , SGBV , SRHR

Doctor in Embu embarks on making high-tech face masks using sanitary towels

By Anthony Ndwiga,

As youth in the country embark on using their skills to help in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus, in Embu, a youthful doctor has embark...

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Plan International, Inua Dada team up to create safe spaces for women, girls during COVID-19 pandemic

By Citizen Reporter,

Plan International Kenya has partnered with Inua Dada Foundation in a bid to supplement government’s efforts in creating safe spaces for women and g...

GBV , inua dada , Plan International

Teenage girls in public primary schools to get sanitary towels from Class 6

By George Amolo,

The Government through the Education Ministry has embarked on a program to distribute sanitary towels to teenage girls in all public primary schools c...

MENSTRUATION , sanitary towel

Expired gov’t sanitary pads recovered in Juja being repackaged for sale

By Moses Ngige,

Police in Juja, Kiambu County on Thursday recovered expired sanitary pads labeled Government of Kenya (GOK) at a residential house under construction ...

Teen Vogue picks up My Always Experience after KOT saga

By Citizen Reporter,

Teen Vogue picked up MyAlwaysExperience, a hashtag started by Kenyans on Twitter, after it re-emerged on Wednesday with women across the world lamenti...

Always pads

Top Kenyan musician King Kaka to lead Menstrual Walk 2019

By Muia Joseph,

Kennedy Obimba, a Kenyan musician popularly known as 'King Kaka'  has unveiled his campaign for girls to get sanitary towels (pads). Also Read: Pe...

King Kaka , menstrual walk , MENSTRUATION , sanitary pads , Sanitary towels

Women leaders are as capable as men: President Kenyatta

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has said women should be given equal opportunities of authority as men as they are able to deliver in equal measure. Speak...

gender balance , President Kenyata , Women Deliver 2019 Conference

Period of shame: Girls yet to receive sanitary pads in Kisumu school

By Laura Otieno,

A typical Friday morning at Ojola Kadero primary school in Kisumu sees Atieno*, a Class Six pupil joins her peers in carrying desks back to class afte...

MENSTRUATION , sanitary pads

Kirinyaga Women Rep Ngirici on Kenya’s journey to gender equality

By Citizen Reporter,

Kirinyaga Women Representative Wangui Ngirici has exuded confidence that the country will attain the 50-50 gender balance by 2030 as advocated for by ...

Purity Ngirici

Outrage over ‘mediocre’ Always pads in Kenya causing rashes, burns

By Rachel Ombaka,

Shocking allegations of Always pads causing burns, rashes and skin irritation have characterised conversations on social media for the past two days. ...

Always pads