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East Africa have either experienced or witnessed sexual and gender-based violence. A culture of silence, the power of male ...
Former Karachuonyo Member of Parliament Dr. Phoebe Muga Asiyo died in a hospital in North Carolina, United States of America.
Veteran politician and former Karachuonyo Member of Parliament (MP) Phoebe Asiyo Muga has died in the United States, her ...
At just 32 years old, Elizabeth Mwangi stands at the helm of a movement that is quietly transforming the lives of thousands of women in Kenya’s informal settlements.With no background in information ...
In Kenya, widespread antigovernment protests have escalated into deadly unrest and a deepening political crisis.
Reporting from Kenya, our correspondent spoke to women who returned from domestic work in the Gulf under the kafala system, ...
FIDA-Kenya has condemned the events that unfolded during the Saba Saba and June 25 protests to push for justice.
The Mau Mau and Gen Z movements share similarities in the youthfulness of their membership and the decentralised nature of their operations. However, the Gen Z movement is a new, more inclusive, broad ...
Justice & Health The Ecofeminist Movement Is Surging. Here’s What Its Advocates Want More women are connecting environmental degradation with attacks on women's rights, seeing both as rooted in ...
WEL’s overarching goal is to strengthen a national movement of grassroots women advocating for women’s rights and gender equality. By training local women’s groups, fostering alliances, and raising ...
Guest Column - Today, in Kenya, women are under siege from a crushingly heavy burden of expectations that only seems to grow with each generation.
I came across the story of Wangari Maathai, and suddenly, every excuse I’ve ever made for not taking action felt ridiculously small. Here was a woman who didn’t wait for permission, didn’t wait for ...