Uhuru lauds Maendeleo ya Wanawake for fighting for women’s rights

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has commended Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organization (MYWO) for its frontline role in fighting for women’s rights in Kenya. ...

kobia , Maendeleo Ya Wanaume Organization , UNFPA , women's rights

Take charge of the country’s destiny, Uhuru tells Kenyan youth

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has asked Kenyan youth to stop shying away from pertinent national issues saying time had come for them to take charge of the...

Uhuru

President Uhuru Kenyatta: We must eliminate the idea that women are sexual objects

By Rachel Ombaka,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on Kenyans to step up the fight against gender based violence (GBV) saying women must be treated with respect. ...

GBV , sexual harassment , SGBV

Biden win seen as green light for women’s reproductive rights

By Reuters,

Democrat Joe Biden as U.S. president will bring sweeping changes to women’s reproductive rights globally, starting with overturning a U.S. policy ba...

abortion , contraceptives , reproductive health , sexual and reproductive health

OPINION: Why we’re uniting in support of African girl leaders to beat AIDS, shift power

By Guest Writer,

The International Day of the Girl Child on October 11 is a call for us to reflect on our responsibilities. 25 years ago, governments adopted the hi...

FGM , GBV , Girl-Child , International day of the girl child

Kenya risks losing Ksh.12B from Global Fund

By Faizal Ahmed,

The gains made in the war on HIV, TB and Malaria could be compromised if Global Fund withdraws support to Kenya in the next round of funding. The G...

Global Fund , UNAIDS , UNDP , UNFPA , USAID , who

OPINION: The right to live free from violence is a basic human right even as we battle COVID-19

By Guest Writer,

The right to live free from violence, to be inseparable from your right and need to keep your body to yourself, to walk unscathed from the fists of ag...

coronavirus , FGM , GBV

UN calls for end to FGM, child marriage affecting women, girls worldwide

By VOA,

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has called for urgent action to stop female genital mutilation (FGM), child marriage and other harmful prac...

FGM , UNFPA

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)