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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
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
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
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
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
State Impunity a Danger to Mental Health of Kenyans
As the Mental Health Task Force makes its way across the country, collecting the views of Kenyans, we must also look at how the toxic state of Kenyan politics and
UPR REVIEW: Human Rights Council Reviews Kenya’s Reproductive Health Rights Record
NAIROBI, 22 January 2020 — Kenya’s human rights record will be under review tomorrow (Thursday 23, 2010) at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, with the reproductive health and rights of women
ICPD Should Listen to the Voices of Low Income Women and Girls
Nairobi, 13 November 2019: A group of women under the Civil Society Grassroots Women Parliament have called on the conveners of the ongoing ICPD conference to give attention to the