MFANGANO ISLAND, Kenya – In her four years at Sena Health Centre, midwife Goretti Adhiambo has seen…
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Midwives bring portable ultrasound technology to remote communities in Kenya
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Empowering Kenyan women and girls with disabilities in managing menstrual health
NAIROBI, Kenya – Anne Wanjiru found out she had gotten her first period when a boarding school…
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From child brides and FGM survivors to leaders on a global stage
NAIROBI, Kenya/UNITED NATIONS, New York – Monicah, 13, was astonished to learn that female genital…
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As Nairobi Summit opens, leaders express optimism and urgency in securing rights for all
Nairobi, KENYA – More than 6,000 world leaders, scholars, advocates, faith leaders and others…
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A turning point for girls' and women’s menstrual health in Africa
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa/NAROK, Kenya – “I felt embarrassed to be a girl and felt like it was a…
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Delivering into chaos: Gunfire, arson and childbirth in rural Kenya
TANGULBEI, Kenya – The morning of 20 August began like any other for Lena Towai, 35. Ms. Towai was…
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Escape at dawn: running away from child marriage and FGM in Kenya
NAIKARRA, Kenya – “I woke up one morning, and my father told me that we were poor and needed money…
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Pregnancy complications take one woman from island paradise to nightmare at sea
LAMU, Keyna – Aisha Tiro Bahero, 30, knows what it means to stare death in the face. Three years…
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Fifty years after a terrible childbirth injury, Kenyan woman gets a new lease on life
KILIFI, Kenya – Decades ago, Jumwa Kabibu Kai was pregnant with her second child in the small…
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The time is now: A call to end female genital mutilation, child marriage and son selection by 2030
UNITED NATIONS, New York – “When I was 12-years old, my family organized a ceremony to transition my sisters and…
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