ICPD25 ends with resolve to end harmful practices on girls, women

By DPPS,

The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD25) came to a close on Thursday with a strong resolve to eradicate vices that have slo...

FGM , ICPD25 , UNFPA

ICPD25: Leaders commit to ending maternal deaths, violence against women by 2030

By Girlie Kendi,

World leaders at ICPD25 have begun to unveil their commitments to end preventable maternal death and stop violence against women and girls by 2030. ...

ICPD25 , sexual and reproductive health

Major traffic in Nairobi as ICPD hosts over 6,000 world leaders

By Citizen Reporter,

Nairobi will this week be hosting 6,000 world leaders for the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). Ambassador Macharia Ka...

ICPD25

Kenya set to review laws on sexual, reproductive health

By Imani Mitchelle,

Kenya is in the process of reviewing its laws related to sexual and reproductive health. According to the National Council of Population Developmen...

contraception , reproductive health , sexual health

MARWA: Why Sexuality Education must be part of new curriculum

By Citizen Reporter,

By Grayson Marwa Education Transformation is the theme for this year’s international youth day. It is concerned with the provocation of a shift o...

Comprehensive Sexuality Education , new curriculum

CBC needs a comprehensive sex education curriculum

By Citizen Reporter,

By Grayson Marwa Transformation education is the theme for this year’s international youth day. It is concerned with the provocation of a shift of...

CBC , Competency Based Curriculum , sex education

Magufuli urges Tanzanian women to ‘set ovaries free’

By Reuters,

President John Magufuli urged Tanzanian women to “set your ovaries free” and bear more children as a way to help boost the economy into a regional...

President John Magufuli , Tanzanian women

‘Don’t use birth control,’ Magufuli tells Tanzania women

By CNN,

Tanzania's President John Magufuli has told women in the East African nation to stop taking birth control pills because the country needs more people,...

birth control , magufuli

Sexual abuse ‘endemic’ in international aid sector, damning report finds

By CNN,

Sexual abuse of vulnerable women and girls by international aid workers is "endemic" and has been happening for years, with perpetrators easily moving...

Marie Stopes in trouble as U.S. stops funding

By Reuters,

Marie Stopes which offers free contraception, advice on family planning, sexual health and sometimes abortion, may have to stop some of its Africa ope...

abortion , marie stopes

Kenyan hospitals facing shortage of midwives

By Peter Gachanja,

Health experts have said the country lacks enough midwives in in both public and private hospitals. Currently, Kenya has about 2500 midwife nurses ...

Judith Kunyiha , Louisa Muteti , Midwives Association of Kenya , midwives in Kenya

Schools act as havens for girls fleeing FGM, marriage in Uganda

By VOA,

Amudat, Uganda  Gertrude had barely hit puberty when her father agreed to marry her to an older man in exchange for 30 cows so she did something u...

Education Policy Data Center. , Female Genital Mutilation in Uganda , FGM in Uganda , Kalas Girls Primary School , Karamoja region , Thomson Reuters Foundation , uganda , Uganda's northeastern Karamoja region , United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

UNFPA-Kenya among top best evaluated programmes in the world

By Heminigilder Mugeni,

The United Nations Population Fund Kenya, UNFPA, has been rated among the top five best evaluated programmes globally. In a statement sent to Nairo...

Marco Segone , UNFPA-Kenya , UNFPA-Kenya among top best evaluated programmes in the world

“Women for Women” fighting Gender Based Violence

By Heminigilder Mugeni,

Gender Based Violence (GBV) is perhaps the most widespread and socially tolerated of human rights violations in the world. Kenya is not an exception ...

10 things men can do to make women fall in love deeper , gender based violence , Gender based violence in PSVs , Gift Mafunga , Women for Women

Nigerian charity steps in to help sick Chibok girls

By Reuters,

A group of injured and sick Chibok schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram will be supported by a Nigerian charity to get the treatment they need, after the g...

Africa fights fistula with mobile money and community ambassadors

By Reuters,

From training community ambassadors to encourage women with fistula to seek treatment, to cash for transport to hospitals, African nations are finding...

1000 Women To Benefit From Free Fistula Treatment.Mildred Amoni , Action on Fistula , Fistula , Obstetric Fistula

First Lady launches new campaign to promote child health

By PSCU,

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta Friday morning launched the Help a Child Reach 5 campaign which seeks to promote hygiene for mothers, children and new-b...

Beyond Zero Campaign , First Lady Margaret Kenyatta , Help a Child Reach 5 campaign , kenya

Death of teenage girl casts doubt on Egypt’s efforts to end FGM

By Reuters,

The death of a teenage girl during an operation to illegally perform female genital mutilation (FGM) on her in Egypt raises questions about the north ...

Death of teenage girl casts doubt on Egypt's efforts to end FGM , Egypt , FGM , girl , girls , women

First Lady in Ghana for Sexual Health and Rights Conference

By Agencies,

By PSCU, Accra, Ghana First Lady Margaret Kenyatta arrived in Accra, Ghana Tuesday afternoon where she will join 12 other First Ladies attending th...

Zimbabwe children still at great risk of HIV/AIDS

By Agencies,

Janet Dube knows the pain of raising a child born with HIV. Her four-year-old son is one of an estimated 170,000 children living with HIV/AIDS in Z...

africa , HIV , HIV/AIDS , kenya , Zimbabwe