calendar_today 05 January 2016

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When The Menstrual Cycle Becomes A Question Of Human Rights

The onset of menstruation is a landmark event in the life of a young woman. Yet many complications and challenges accompany such an event. One in 10 adolescent girls miss school…

calendar_today 16 December 2015

Uncut women chase the blade

In Kenya, nearly all women have heard of FGM and almost 27 per cent have undergone the painful practice. Globally, it is estimated that between 100 to 140 million girls and women…

calendar_today 14 December 2015

Peering at FGM through the health lens

The fight against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is relentless with stories of girls such as 14-year-old Lororua Nasiiku recently fleeing her motherland, Samburu, to escape the…

calendar_today 09 December 2015

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The Tyranny of Violence Against Women and Girls: 16 Days Of Activism

According to the 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey of Kenya, 4 out of every 10 Kenyan women undergo some form of violence, whether physical or sexual. This figure is…

calendar_today 17 November 2015

The world's most dangerous place to be pregnant

Mandera, Kenya (CNN)The hospital in this remote region of Kenya has no blood in its blood bank, and Fardowsa Abdi is about to die. The 25-year-old went into labor days ago…

calendar_today 08 November 2015

From despair to hope

Mandera in north-eastern Kenya has often been described as “the worst place on earth to give birth”. Mandera’s maternal mortality rate stands at 3,795 deaths…

calendar_today 06 November 2015

The 'most dangerous' place to give birth

Mandera county in north eastern Kenya is one of the most dangerous places in the world for a woman to give birth. Out of every 100,000 births nearly 3,800 women die during…

calendar_today 06 November 2015

Development agencies join First Lady for Beyond Zero campaign

MANDERA, Kenya, Nov 6 – Twenty International Agencies including fifteen from the United Nations , the World Bank and three embassies today joined First Lady Margaret…