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Menstrual Hygiene Day: Shame of period stigma amidst pandemic
BY MARIAH AKINYI About 14 years ago, I experienced my first period flow. It was a scary and exciting experience. Not knowing what to do, I ran to inform my aunt who gave me my first sanitary towel and patiently explained what I needed to do. In my first period
Menstrual hygiene is an essential service during COVID-19
BY PURITY NTHIANA The ability of women and girls to access and manage their menstrual hygiene is already being hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many women and girls in rural and low-income communities already find it hard to access commodities such as menstrual hygiene products. However, this has now been
Treat Kenyans With Better Care at COVID-19 Facilities
PURITY NTHIANA People in COVID-19 quarantine facilities face a lot of stigma, and the pain of isolation is sometimes unbearable to the point that some of them even want to commit suicide. They face hostility and also harsh living conditions at the facilities. Despite testing negative for COVID-19, they have not
Parents Role in Ending Teen Pregnancies During Pandemic
BY PURITY NTHIANA COVID-19 will definitely complicate the efforts of reducing teen pregnancies in the country. With school suspended, religious meetings cancelled — youth programs have also been suspended in churches and other religious institutions — adolescents now have a lot of time at their disposal and could engage in
CONFERENCE: Health Providers Shun Youth in Informal Urban Settlements
NAIROBI, 17 February 2020 – Women and girls in informal urban settlements continue to bear the brunt of unsafe abortions from predatory quacks even as the government makes empty boardroom promises to improve the state of reproductive health in the country. This was one of the outcomes from the recently concluded 9th Africa