Kenya’s Menstrual Health Management Policy and Strategy
According to the 2019 Population and Housing Census, the population of Kenya is 47,564,296 and that of females is at 24,014,716 which is 50.5 percent…
2.6 million Kenyan girls need support to get menstrual hygiene materials.
When Ms Yasmin Nassur became an adolescent, something about her changed - she started receiving her monthly periods. Having been raised by a grandmother in…
Firm donates pads for needy girls in slums, rural areas
Covid-19 threatens to roll back gains made so far in managing women’s menstrual health, Amref Health Africa Group Director of Programmes Mette Kinoti has said.…
YOUTH SPEAK; ‘WE ARE AN ARMY!
In the world situation in which it has been the will of history to place us, amid the conditions of unprecedented difficulty that surround us,…
UMMULKHEIR ALI GUFU – COLOR MY WORLD COMPETITION WINNER- WOMEN IN POLITICAL SPACES CHAMPIONING YOUNG WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNANCE.
Ummulkheir Ali Gufu, a native of Garbatulla district, Isiolo county is currently a final year student pursuing an undergraduate degree in procurement and contract management…
MAURICIO OCHIENG’ – COLOR MY WORLD COMPETITION WINNER- WOMEN ADVANCING AND CHAMPIONING SEXUAL MINORITIES RIGHTS.
Mauricio Ochieng' is a transgender activist, liberal feminist and a Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression and Sex Characteristics (SOGIE-SC) Human Rights Defender from Kisumu…
IMMACULATE AJIAMBO – COLOR MY WORLD COMPETITION WINNER- WOMEN CHAMPIONING FEMALE VOICES AND ISSUES ON MEDIA.
Immaculate Ajiambo, a native of Mariakani, Kilifi County eloquently describes herself as a storyteller, editor of an online magazine and a social change ambassador. As…
GEORGINE AUMA – COLOR MY WORLD COMPETITION WINNER – WOMEN LIVING WITH DISABILITY CHAMPIONING INCLUSIVE AND MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION OF YOUNG WOMEN WITH DISABILITY.
Deaf educator, girl child education advocate, champion for SRHR, Mandela Washington Fellow 2015 and reluctant footballer are but a few of the ways in which…
DIRAM DUBA, COLOR MY WORLD COMPETITION WINNER- ADVANCING AND CHAMPIONING SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS (SRHR) INCLUDING GENDER EQUALITY
DIRAM DUBA is a youth advocate working with communities in Marsabit County through Amref Health Africa to end harmful cultural practices such as child marriage…
Kenyan youth advocates gather to refine a youth-friendly social accountability toolkit for ICPD+25 Programme of Action
Empowering the youth is our responsibility, and the youth will be empowered with more investment on them. –Shehbaz Sharif 9th December 2019: When you hear…