As a child, Stella Nyanzi’s parents fled from then-Ugandan President Idi Amin Dada in the 1970s, forcing her to live in Kenya as a refugee for five ...
By Alvin Mwangi According to the World Bank, At least 500 million women and girls globally lack adequate facilities for menstrual hygiene managemen...
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 ...
The UK has abolished the 5% rate of value-added-tax (VAT) on menstrual products, known as the tampon tax. It means that from January 1, period prod...
By Sharon Kiburi Since Kenya ratified the Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) policy in May 2020, this important milestone has attracted investors s...
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...
Scotland has become the first country to allow free and universal access to menstrual products, including tampons and pads, in public facilities, a la...
Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru is undertaking a sanitary pads drive as part of a program to empower the girl child. At a function held at Kiamugum...
Today should have been a school day for 15-year-old Fortunate Ayomirwoth. But for the past five months, her school has been closed. Fortunate now s...
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...
Migori Woman Rep Pamela Odhiambo is urging the Education Ministry to release sanitary pads which had already been purchased for learners for distribut...
I do digital storytelling and new media social justice campaigns. Two years ago, the African Women’s Development and Communication Network (Femne...
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...
The Visa Oshwal Community (VOC) presented their third donation to the emergency response COVID-19 Fund to help cushion vulnerable Kenyans. Also Rea...
Nairobi Woman Rep Esther Passaris is on the receiving end of criticism online after she posted pictures of menstrual hygiene products with her face on...
The Government through the Education Ministry has embarked on a program to distribute sanitary towels to teenage girls in all public primary schools c...
The horrifying story of Jackline Chepng'eno, who committed suicide after she was shamed for soiling her dress when she got her first period, has ignit...
The Scottish parliament approved plans on Tuesday to make sanitary products freely available to all women, the first nation in the world to do so. ...
Police in Juja, Kiambu County on Thursday recovered expired sanitary pads labeled Government of Kenya (GOK) at a residential house under construction ...
Harambee Stars midfield dynamo Johanna Omollo has been nominated for the Community Hero award at the upcoming Safaricom Sports Personality of the Year...