Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
FGM is a manifestation of entrenched inequality
Reading Time: 3 minutes Doris Kathia Female genital mutilation (FGM) is globally recognised as a violation of human rights globally. The vice subjects women […]
State raises red flag over smuggling of girls to Tanzania for FGM
Reading Time: < 1 minute Roy Lumbe and Maureen Mukhobe The government has raised the red flag over the smuggling of Kenyan girls to Tanzania to undergo […]
Why FGM is still a thorn in the country’s flesh today
Reading Time: 6 minutes For Lerai Leshalima from the Alale division, along the Kenya-Uganda border, her dream of transitioning into an adult began when […]
Women forced to get cut by husbands
Reading Time: 3 minutes Lucy Njoki* from Murang’a county says she was forced to undergo Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) by her husband. The two […]
Boarding school offers refuge for teen girls
Reading Time: 3 minutes It is extremely hot and dry as one approaches Kimana, a small town in Kajiado South constituency. The scorching sun […]
Marsabit students find hope in new model schools
Reading Time: 4 minutes Irene Githinji @gitshee Pastoralism and rampant insecurity in arid and semi-arid parts of the country have for a long time been […]
Lobbyists raise alarm over fistula cases in West Pokot
Reading Time: 2 minutes Non-governmental organisations in West Pokot county have raised concern over the rising cases of obstetric fistula in the area. They […]
Girls who defied cut, early marriage
Reading Time: 3 minutes It was in December 2013, when Naneu Timpani (not her real name) overheard her parents planning her circumcision ceremony. She […]
Offering safe haven to at-risk girls
Reading Time: 3 minutes Harriet James @harriet86jim When Antonia Sophia Waskowiak, 28, first came to Kenya in 2011 as a volunteer she didn’t anticipate that […]
Culture blamed for high teenage pregnancy rate
Reading Time: 2 minutes A survey by National Parents Association (NPA) reveals that about 40 per cent of girls in Narok will not be […]