Articles on Women’s Empowerment
Teenage Pregnancies in Kenya, Innocence or Sheer Ignorance?
(WHO,2020.) Background. I grew up in Lukanji village of Kakamega County, Kenya. Both my parents are teachers and respected members of the community. Therefore, they gave my siblings and I…
‘One City, Two Tales’
“when you take it upon yourself to politicise human bodies & the right to keep breathing, without paying a steep price for it, don’t pretend to be shocked when we…
“Everything is sex… Except sex; which is power, and power is just sex” -Janelle Monae.
Inspired by Janelle Monae’s song Screwed from the album Dirty Computer. Let's start this off with a Gender inequality. A report by the World Economic Forum estimates that at the…
How Social Media is helping Female Consumers hold Corporations Accountable.
What do Always sanitary products, X-pression braids, Thinx period-proof underwear, and DevaCurl have in common? While the uses of these products are as different from each other as day is…
Corona Virus crisis: Domestic violence during lock down
In the wake of the global pandemic, Covid-19, people found themselves confined within their homes for safety. Lock down has proven to be a tough time for many, it also…
Queer Ecological Feminism; my perspective.
Through watching Queer Eye on Netflix, I took notice of the role intersectionality plays - how a minority group combine effort to help uplift people's lives. The show's concept demonstrates the interconnectedness…
Why Me? Education is my dignity.
In the Somali culture, a girl can be loved and cared for, but they are rarely thought of as education-worthy. The idea that the classroom is only for males has…
The Gender Inequality Paradox and Climate Change
Climate change is a universal problem that burdens all people and their communities, but this is unfortunately not proportional around the world. The effects of climate change cripple underdeveloped parts…
”Why we need to go back and review existing approaches for women’s full inclusion.”
2019 Global Gender Summit held in Kigali, Image 2019 One cannot overlook how the last decade was marked by the championship of equality, among which was women's full inclusion in…
How Twitter became a Resistance Enclave for Kenyan Women.
Image by Lulu Kitololo Counting Dead Women Kenya (@deadwomen_ke) is not your ordinary Twitter account. Instead of regular musings, this twitter account documents and draws attention to news about women…