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

Two bodies retrieved from the Nairobi river during clean-up exercise

By Citizen Reporter,

The Comb Green clean-up team working under Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has retrieved two more bodies from the Nairobi river. The bodies of infants ...

Nairobi river

Kenya’s stringent laws limit access to safe abortions

By VOA,

Kenyan health officials say unsafe abortions are common in the east African nation with nearly half a million in one recent year. Abortion is prohi...

abortion

Charity denies promoting teen abortions after Kenya bans radio ad

By Reuters,

International charity Marie Stopes on Monday denied promoting abortions to teenage girls in Kenya after the government banned a radio advertisement, s...

KFCB , Marie Stopes Charity , Teen Abortions , Unsafe Abortions

Teach ‘Fathers of Tomorrow’ to Keep Girls in School Today, Study Shows

By VOA,

Girls' school attendance in East Africa almost doubles when students of both sexes are taught about sex, relationships and money, a charity said on Mo...

12 year-old girl , girl child education , International day of the girl child

Millions of women from poor countries denied contraception

By Reuters,

Millions of women and girls in developing countries risk unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions, campaigners said, as a global initiative to reac...

contraception , health , women

KIRUKU: My body, my choice: Abortion is a basic right

By Anne Kiruku,

A shocking report released by the Guttmacher Institute in the United States claims that an estimated 405,000 abortions were performed in Tanzania alon...

From abortions to #condommania: Students get real about sex

By Agencies,

Desperate female students used to knock on Catherine Tweni's door almost every day, needing emergency treatment for self-administered abortions. Tw...

abortions , condoms , maternal health , sexual health

Sierra Leone legalizes abortion

By Maureen Murimi,

Women with unwanted pregnancies in Sierra Leone will no longer have to undergo unsafe abortions after parliament passed a law which activists said on ...

abortion , Sierra Leone