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Strengthen access to health services in rural and informal settlements
BY PURITY NTHIANA Rural and slum communities experience disproportionately many challenges in regard to accessing health services. These include insecurity, poor road networks during medical emergencies, inadequate health facilities with trained medical personnel and poverty directly impacting affordability of health services. The rights of many women in informal settlements are
STATEMENT: Adoption of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) – Kenya
Thank you, President The Federation for women and Family Planning makes this statement on behalf of the Network for Adolescents and Youth of Africa, RHRN Kenya, Kenya SRHR Alliance, Love Matters Kenya and the Sexual Rights Initiative. We welcome the finalisation of the UPR process for Kenya. CLICK TO DOWNLOAD
Position Paper: On adolescent and youth SRHR during COVID-19 pandemic
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Strengthen health systems to address maternal care during COVID-19
BY DANIEL OTIENO The regulations relating to control of COVID-19 play an important role in preventing the pandemic and containing the spread of the virus. However, we need to address some of the regulations in the context of accessibility to maternal health services including prevention of unsafe abortion and accessibility
JOINT STATEMENT: Operationalize the Bill of Rights and Facilitate Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
We, the undersigned 25 Civil Society Organizations working on human rights in the country, are alarmed by the recent statements by religious groups, allied professional groups and individuals claiming that abortion is illegal in Kenya. This is NOT true. Abortion is legal in Kenya to the extent permitted by the