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: 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

OPINION: Restoring girls dignity through proper menstrual hygiene management 

By Guest Writer,

By Sharon Kiburi Since Kenya ratified the Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) policy in May 2020, this important milestone has attracted investors s...

menstrual hygiene management , MENSTRUATION , Safepad , sanitary towel

One year on, Wuhan market at epicentre of virus outbreak remains barricaded and empty

By Reuters,

For over six years, 38-year-old Wuhan restaurant owner Lai Yun started most days the same way - with a trip to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, ju...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , wuhan

OPINION: A final chance at justice for survivors of post-election sexual violence in Kenya

By Guest Writer,

By Naitore Nyamu On December 10, the High Court in Nairobi is scheduled to finally deliver a decision on Petition 122 of 2013, which seeks to secur...

GBV , SGBV

NASCOP piloting a vending machine for HIV self-test kits

By Kadzo Gunga,

Getting an HIV test could now be as simple as getting a packet of chips or a soft drink, this comes after the government introduced test kit vending m...

AIDS , Farmers Choice , HIV , Nascop , Roselyn Warutere

HIV Exposed Infants graduate after two-year prevention program in Kirinyaga

By Johnson Muriithi,

About 170 children from Kirinyaga County have graduated from HIV Exposed Infants (HEI) program after successfully going through a two-year program aim...

HIV/AIDS , Kirinyaga

Homa Bay County has the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rate – report

By Chemutai Goin,

A new report now says at least 1.5 million Kenyans are living with HIV and more than 20,000 deaths were recorded in 2019 alone. Amid the COVID-19 p...

AIDS , HIV , NACC , Nascop

British envoy Jane Marriott reveals how she survived sexual assault

By Rachel Ombaka,

British High Commissioner to Kenya Jane Marriott has revealed her own sexual assault experience that occurred 17 years ago. Also Read: Domestic vio...

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

Kenya’s LGBTQ community faces increased abuse during pandemic

By VOA,

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...

coronavirus , LGBTQ

OPINION: Why the media should stop stigmatizing drug ‘addiction’

By Guest Writer,

By Simon Mwangi An executive order issued last week by President Uhuru Kenyatta on establishment of an ultra-modern National Mental hospital in...

Addiction , Drug Abuse

A woman was killed by her husband and in-laws. They were sentenced to three years in prison

By CNN,

A Chinese court made a rare move to calm public outrage this week over a controversial murder case involving a young woman killed by her husband and i...

chinese

Gov’t to probe child trafficking syndicate after BBC exposé ‘The Baby Stealers’

By Erick Owenga,

The government has set up a multi-agency to probe child trafficking syndicate exposed by 'The Baby Stealers' BBC Africa Eye documentary. Labour and...

baby stealers , child trafficking , Maryana Munyendo , Missing Child Kenya

Buying a baby on Nairobi’s black market

By Guest Writer,

By Peter Murimi, Joel Gunter and Tom Watson  Babies are being stolen to order in Kenya to feed a thriving black market. Africa Eye infiltrated the...

BBC , BBC Africa eye , Black Market , Mama Lucy , Missing Child Kenya , Nairobi

73pc of female journalists likely to experience sexual harassment: MCK study

By Rachel Ombaka,

73 per cent of female journalists are highly likely to experience sexual harassment during assignments, a new study from the Media Council of Kenya (M...

Journalists , MCK , Online Harassment

Kirinyaga residents urged to embrace routine cancer screening

By Johnson Muriithi,

Residents of Kirinyaga County have been urged to embrace routine screening for cancer to enable early diagnosis and timely treatment. Speaking duri...

Kenya’s intersex persons still pushing for law to allow third gender on ID

By Anthony Ndwiga,

As the world marked Intersex Awareness Day on Monday, Kenya's records of such persons stands at 1,524. Kenya became the first African country to re...

Intersex

Spanish newspaper issue apology for Ansu Fati street seller comparison

By Reuters,

Spanish newspaper ABC has issued an apology to Barcelona star Ansu Fati after their match report compared his pace to that of a “black street vendor...

Ansu Fati , FC Barcelona , racism