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OPINION: FGM is a serious cultural, health problem that must be stopped
By Guest Writer,
1307, February 21, 2021 (EAT)
By Alvin Mwangi Girls and women should be protected from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a horrific practice that results in mental and physical p...
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OPINION: Crisis pregnancy centres not the solution for rape survivors
By Guest Writer,
702, February 18, 2021 (EAT)
The emergence of crisis pregnancy centres in Kenya is a problematic solution to survivors of sexual violence who are pregnant as a result of rape or e...
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OPINION: Use a condom, safer is fun and sexy!
By Guest Writer,
1215, February 12, 2021 (EAT)
By Alvin Mwangi According to the Kenya HIV Estimates Report of 2018 by National AIDS Control Council (NACC), there were approximately 52,800 new in...
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OPINION: Sanitary pads will encourage girls to stay in school
By Guest Writer,
1100, February 6, 2021 (EAT)
By Alvin Mwangi According to the World Bank, At least 500 million women and girls globally lack adequate facilities for menstrual hygiene managemen...
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OPINION: How to take care of your vulva
By Guest Writer,
1323, February 1, 2021 (EAT)
By Dr. Rahel Odonde There are a lot of recommendations out there on how to take care of your vulva and vagina. We asked Dr. Odonde who is specia...
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Biden signs memorandum reversing Trump abortion access restrictions
By CNN,
939, January 29, 2021 (EAT)
President Joe Biden signed a presidential memorandum on Thursday to reverse restrictions on abortion access domestically and abroad imposed and expand...
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OPINION: Sex education the perfect pill to cure rampant teen pregnancies
By Guest Writer,
1543, January 5, 2021 (EAT)
By Serah Kamau As learners troop back to school after a nine-month break thanks to the Covid-19 outbreak, hundreds of girls will remain at home bec...
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Action urged on teenage pregnancy and HIV as new report reveals high rates in Homa Bay
By Citizen Reporter,
1116, November 27, 2020 (EAT)
Gender inequality, difficulties in accessing services and poverty are fuelling high rates of unintended pregnancies and HIV in Homa Bay, Western Kenya...
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Kenya’s LGBTQ community faces increased abuse during pandemic
By VOA,
1059, November 26, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya has acknowledged that COVID-19 restrictions are fueling cases of gender-based-violence but has been less open on abuses against the LGBTQ commun...
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Activists demand Kenya’s withdrawal from Geneva Consensus Declaration over women’s human rights
By Citizen Reporter,
1510, November 12, 2020 (EAT)
21 Kenyan civil society groups have petitioned the Government of Kenya to withdraw from the Geneva Consensus Declaration (GCD). According to them, ...
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OPINION: Why we’re uniting in support of African girl leaders to beat AIDS, shift power
By Guest Writer,
1308, October 11, 2020 (EAT)
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...
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School in Kibera to play key role in online education conference
By Citizen Reporter,
1020, September 1, 2020 (EAT)
The Project Elimu School in Kibera, Nairobi is to play a vital role in what is billed as the ‘world’s biggest education conference’. The scho...
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OPINION: The right to live free from violence is a basic human right even as we battle COVID-19
By Guest Writer,
1051, August 28, 2020 (EAT)
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...
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857 girls aged between 10 and 19 years impregnated in Nyandarua – report
By Citizen Reporter,
1640, August 19, 2020 (EAT)
857 girls aged between 10 and 19 years were impregnated in Nyandarua between January and June this year, a report by the National council for popula...
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Michelle Obama and Melinda Gates: We can’t ignore adolescent girls in Covid-19 response
By CNN,
1109, August 8, 2020 (EAT)
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...
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Providing women with contraception could save poor countries billions – researchers
By Reuters,
1104, July 29, 2020 (EAT)
Low- and middle-income countries could save billions of dollars a year in health care costs by investing in making contraception widely available to w...
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Atheists support Susan Kihika’s Reproductive Health Bill
By Citizen Reporter,
1633, July 12, 2020 (EAT)
The Atheists in Kenya Society has expressed support for the controversial Reproductive Health Bill 2019 unveiled by Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika. Th...
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Push for SRHR policies, legal frameworks to protect the vulnerable amid COVID-19
By Citizen Reporter,
1558, July 10, 2020 (EAT)
Initially, the awareness on women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) was more focused on the distribution of sanitary towels to youn...
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Three more people succumb to coronavirus in Kenya as 155 test positive
By Citizen Reporter,
1537, June 23, 2020 (EAT)
Three more people have succumbed to coronavirus in Kenya as 155 others tested positive in the last 24 hours. The death toll now stands at 128 with ...
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Liz Guantai among 117 young African leaders selected for Women Deliver program
By Citizen Reporter,
1743, June 11, 2020 (EAT)
Liz Guantai, a 28-year-old Kenyan lawyer, is one the 117 young leaders selected for the Women Deliver program that focuses on gender equality and the ...
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