NARRATIVES FROM FGM SURVIVORS

To mark International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation 2021 the following are real-life accounts of experiences from girls who have undergone FGM. The stories are real and Read More
Posted on February 16, 2021

World Health Day 2019; Universal Health Coverage For All

According to Census 2009, young people below the age of 25 constitute 66% of the total population in Kenya. Adolescents on the other hand, make up 24% of the country’s Read More
Posted on April 5, 2019

Why we need CSE now.

Evidence from various studies on the value of comprehensive sexuality education in young people’s lives is very clear and convincing. Over the years, a growing number of governments have committed Read More
Posted on February 8, 2019

Sign Our Petition on Sexuality Education in Kenya

Amb. Amina Mohammed and the Ministry of Education: Ensure full implementation of Comprehensive Sexuality Education in Kenya Let’s tell Amb. Amina Mohammed to ensure the full provision and full implementation Read More
Posted on November 21, 2018

Our message on International Day of the Girl

Out of every 6 people in the world today, 1 of them is an adolescent girl below the age of 15. These are 1.1 billion people- a powerful constituency for Read More
Posted on October 6, 2017

Comprehensive Sexuality Education: Our starting point for better SRHR

Education is arguably the pillar for all spheres of development. Globally, reports by UNICEF state that 62 million children age between 6-15 years are out of school.  Most of these Read More
Posted on July 31, 2017

Ending FGM means better SRHR for girls & women

Kenya is a diverse country with over forty ethnic groups. These groups are categorized within the Bantus, Nilotes and Cushites populations in Africa mainly. This clearly shows that the country Read More
Posted on July 31, 2017

SDG 5: The role of young people in Africa

Young people in Africa, a continent of almost 1.2 billion people, carry the collective hope that their continent will realize the goal of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5: Read More
Posted on July 31, 2017

Meet Kevin & Vivian

 ‘We talk about what we do and do not like.’ Kevin & Vivian Kevin (22) and Vivian (21) have a three-year old daughter. They still live at home with their Read More
Posted on March 20, 2017

Meet Quincy & Lilian – Young & In-control

“Now I know how to use a condom.” Quincy (20) lives with his older brother and his family. He is first-year student Public Health; Lilian (19) lives with her mother Read More
Posted on March 20, 2017

Should Sex Be For Peers?

She looks at her past high school photos with tears in her eyes, wondering relentlessly why she can’t unwind the sand of time. Her yester years defined her as a Read More
Posted on March 20, 2017

Adolescent SRHR? Ask ‘CSA experts’

  Currently half of the global population is made up of people below 30 years- over 3,5 billion people. From this population, 1.8 billion are adolescents which makes a quarter Read More
Posted on March 20, 2017