Network for adolescent and youth of Africa
Welcome to Naya-Kenya Online Platform
Core Values
As a network, we commit ourselves to the following core values and principles in all we do
- Creativity and innovation
- Participation and teamwork
- Transparency and honesty
- Equality
- Commitment
- Devotion and dedication
- Spirit of volunteerism
- Concern for humanity
Our Mission
To advocate for the implementation of policies and legislation on adolescent and youth sexual reproductive health through dissemination of information, championing and promoting their rights at national and community level.
Our Vision
A society where the reproductive health and rights of adolescent and youths are recognized, provided for and respected.
Recent Works
Latest Blog
FAMILY PLANNING CAN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE ABORTIONS
Women who do not want to become pregnant but do not use any contraception may resort to abortion whether it is legal or not. According to the ministry of health, there are about 500,000 abortions every year in Kenya and half of these abortions are usually unsafe. 21,000 women are admitted each year due to
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LET GIRLS BE GIRLS, NOT MOTHERS
Kenya has made huge strides and progress when it comes to the health and education of women and girls. In spite of the tremendous progress made, adolescent and teenage girls still remain the most vulnerable group in this country. Teenage pregnancy is one of the main problems affecting the social, economic and political progress, empowerment,
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Access to comprehensive abortion care will avert maternal deaths
Globally 220 million women would like to prevent or delay pregnancy but have no access to contraception. As a result 22 million unsafe abortions are estimated to take place annually resulting in the permanent injury of 5 million women and the death of approximately 48,000 women annually. In Kenya unsafe abortion has long been recognized
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A woman has a right to choose to control her own body
A Pregnancy is one of the determinative aspects of a woman’s life. Pregnancy disrupts a woman’s body, it disrupts her education, it disrupts her career, it disrupts her employment and disrupts her entire family life. Because of these impacts of pregnancy to a woman’s life, we should let women decide or choose whether to keep a
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Maternal health should be in Uhuru’s Four priority list
Kenya has made remarkable steps in improving the maternal health of its women and in reducing maternal mortality rates in the last decade. According to the Kenya demographic health survey 2014, Kenya’s maternal mortality stands at 362 deaths per 100,000 live births a decline from 520 deaths per 100,000 live births during 2008/2009. Six out
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MINISTRY OF HEALTH SHOULD ADOPT STANDARD GUIDELINES FOR REDUCING MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY FOR UNSAFE ABORTION.
The ministry of health decision to withdraw the standard guidelines for reducing morbidity and mortality for unsafe abortion in 2012 here in Kenya has undermined the constitutional right of women to receive the highest attainable standard of health care services reproductive health include. Safe abortion is a component of reproductive health and it is a
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