OPINION: Why we must handle teen pregnancy as a gender justice issue

By Guest Writer,

By Ngare Kariuki It is a gross injustice that many girls will not report back to school because they got pregnant during the COVID-19 lockdown. ...

coronavirus , teen pregnancy

OPINION: For media freedom let’s build bridges between the pen and the gun in 2021

By Guest Writer,

By Dinnah Ondari It is now cliché to refer to 2020 as a difficult year, thanks to COVID-19. Media especially took a hit from the harsh economic...

MCK , Media freedom , sexual harassment

OPINION: Sexual harassment still rampant in Kenyan newsrooms

By Guest Writer,

By Sharon Kiburi As the world comes to terms with appropriate work space protocol for women and all genders, Kenya media lags far behind. Also R...

#Metoo , MCK , sexual harassment

ODM Sec-Gen Edwin Sifuna apologises for insulting MP Aisha Jumwa

By Benjamin Muriuki,

ODM Party Secretary General Edwin Sifuna has apologised over insulting remarks he made against Malindi Member of Parliament Aisha Jumwa. Sifuna sai...

Aisha Jumwa , EDWIN SIFUNA

NorCal rapist sentenced to 897 years in prison

By CNN,

Roy Charles Waller, known as the 'NorCal Rapist', will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Waller was sentenced to 897 years to life in state p...

rape , Rapist

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

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

COVID-19 pandemic drives spike in suicides in Japan

By CNN,

Eriko Kobayashi has tried to kill herself four times. The first time, she was just 22 years old with a full-time job in publishing that didn't pay ...

coronavirus , suicide

Action urged on teenage pregnancy and HIV as new report reveals high rates in Homa Bay

By Citizen Reporter,

Gender inequality, difficulties in accessing services and poverty are fuelling high rates of unintended pregnancies and HIV in Homa Bay, Western Kenya...

HIV

MCK demands stern action on Magoha’s aide over sexual assault claims

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) is demanding justice after complaints that a bodyguard attached to Education CS George Magoha sexually assaulted two ...

CS Magoha

Magoha bodyguard under fire after claims he sexually assaulted journalists

By Citizen Reporter,

A bodyguard attached to Education CS George Magoha has come under after complaints emerged that he sexually assaulted two journalists in Kisumu on Thu...

magoha bodyguard , MCK , sexual harassment

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

‘Magic mushroom’ ingredient could work as mental health treatment

By CNN,

While magic mushrooms are known for their hallucinogenic effects, they may also have a role to play in the treatment of some mental health treatment. ...

Mental Health , mushroom

Pope Francis says homosexuals should be covered by civil union laws

By Reuters,

Pope Francis says in a film released on Wednesday that homosexuals should be protected by civil union laws, in some of the clearest language he has us...

homosexuals , Rafiki

OPINION: Women facing domestic violence during COVID-19 need access to safety now more than ever

By Guest Writer,

By Christine Ogutu and Wangu Kanja “My husband beat me up and threw me out into the streets in the wee hours of the night with my two children,�...

coronavirus , domestic violence , GBV

Kenya writes to the UK demanding justice over assault of Wycliff Cox by police

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Kenya has written to the United Kingdom (UK) demanding justice over assault of a Kenyan national by police officers in Colchester, Essex. The assau...

Wycliff Cox

‘Black gold’: How global demand for hair products is linked to forced labor in Chinese camps

By CNN,

For the past decade, Mikayla Lowe Davis has been braiding and styling hair for her customers. “The first thing people see a lot of times is our h...

braids , hair , synthetic hair , weaves

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Candle in the Wind’ explores loss, grief and everything in between

By Guest Writer,

By Ricky Thomas Nyakach The spring before he was born, Stanley Kunitz’s father committed suicide in the park. It broke his mother. So one day, as...

Austine Arnold , Candle in the Wind , grief

OPINION: Are Kenya’s educated youth the criminals?

By Guest Writer,

By Eshuchi Richard The dynamic nature of youth crime patterns in Kenya is one that intersects security and education. Collectively, the youth inclu...

Church leader who called Covid-19 ‘God’s punishment’ for same-sex marriage tests positive

By CNN,

A prominent Ukrainian church leader who previously said the COVID-19 pandemic was "God's punishment" for same-sex marriage has tested positive for the...

coronavirus