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Child Care, Community Empowerment, Health & Sanitation February 7, 2016

Marking International Day for ‘Zero Tolerance’ to Female Genital Mutilation

February 6 2016 marks an important date in the global calendar to raise awareness of a harmful form of abuse, which is happening to millions of women and girls world-wide. International Day for Zero Tolerance…

Child Care, Community Empowerment, Health & Sanitation, women empowerment February 5, 2016

FGM Still a Thorn in the Flesh: UNICEF Report Shows

There are no health benefits to FGM and it is recognised internationally as a human rights violation Previous reports indicated that; “60,000 girls under 15 are at risk of FGM in the UK 137,000…

Inspiration February 4, 2016

Don’t Let Perfectionism Drain You

“Whenever I think of something but can’t think of what it was I was thinking of, I can’t stop thinking until I think I’m thinking of it again. I think I think too much.” Have…

Community Empowerment, Gender Disparity, Inspiration, Powerful Women, women empowerment January 29, 2016

Women Underrepresented in Kenyan Startups

Majority of the Kenyan startups paint a picture of a male-dominated venture, in which women either join the startups as marketers or to carry out the admin tasks of the startup. I don’t dispute that…

Child Care, Meet Her, women empowerment January 21, 2016

Kakenya Ntaiya: Early Marriage and female Circumcision Ambassador

Girls in patched black and red overalls dance down a narrow lane in the light of dawn. They sing. They worship. They praise. They’re entering their adult lives through a ceremony designed to buck a…

Child Care, Community Empowerment, Inspiration, Powerful Women January 20, 2016

Today’s Heroines: Kenya’s Women-only Village offer protection from domestic violence and rape

The small community of Unity Village is one of several women-only settlements surrounding Archer’s Post in the country’s central region. “There is no-one who can rape us here,” Nkamasioi Lembwakita said, explaining why there were…

Child Care, Meet Her, women empowerment January 13, 2016

Meet Yayahub, A platform Bringing Sanity to the Nanny Industry in Kenya

When it comes to your kids and their caretaker, you want to know all is safe and sound at home. But do you know exactly what’s going on when you’re not there? Maybe not, and…

Community Empowerment January 8, 2016

Launching the Kenyan Blog Awards 2016

The annual Kenyan Blog Awards seek to promote quality content creation, reward and recognize exceptional bloggers that have great and useful content, are creative and innovative. This is the fifth year in running that BAKE…

Community Empowerment, Gender Disparity, Testimonials January 8, 2016

“The Battering Syndrome”: Chilling cases of Gender Based Violence Victims

Inset: Fatuma Ibrahim with the knife lodged in her cheek About 45 percent of women between the ages of 15 and 49 have experienced physical or sexual violence, according to a research by the USAID….

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