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Gender Equality NGOs, Stop Patronizing Us. An African Woman’s Perspective

Several times during 2020, INGOs working in women’s rights spaces in Kenya were exposed for blatantly oppressing women of colour within their organizations. As an African woman within this sector, I am grateful that these behaviors were called out. But it wasn’t enough, and the resolutions were belittling to the victims. Are we ready to […]

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16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

The 16 Days of Activism Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence is an international Campaign to end violence against women and to advocate for the promotion and protection of women’s rights. The campaign runs annually from 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) to 10 December (International Human Rights). The 16 Days of

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The media have muted the voices of women during COVID-19: can the tide be turned?

COVID-19 has distressed societies to the core. Among the fault lines it has exposed is the fact that gender bias remains rampant in news coverage. A recent special report – The Missing Perspectives of Women in COVID-19 News – shows that too few women experts have been quoted on the pandemic in the media. The study looked

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Gender Mainstreaming in Environmental Management

Women and men interact differently with the environment which dictates their access and control over resources. Gender norms, division of labour and access to and control of resources play a key role in how women and men interact with the environment. Traditionally and even today, men take up the role of decision-making in environmental management.

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It is not all adrenaline stuff: Conversation with Ali Al Mokdad

I did not set out to become a humanitarian worker. Like many others, I just fell into it, and it does not feel that long ago since I was a young man studying at university and saw some volunteers conducting an anti-drugs awareness session and decided to join them. It took me more than four

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Legal Provisions on Child Support a Kenyan Perspective

Every child has the right to parental care and support. These include the provision of all needs, protection from harm as well as representation in decision-making processes by their parents and or guardians. The guardians are the primary custodians of the minors’ decisions until the age of 18 years. Children’s Act Kenya highlights the responsibility

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Schools out forever? Supporting resilient learning in the face of COVID-19

To contain the continuous spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has seen, at the latest count, 188 countries taking the unprecedented action of closing their nation’s schools. Over 1.5 billion learners are affected. While the measure is necessary to stop the spread, it is already having a negative effect on education, wellbeing, and health. Apart

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Women also crave what men want— power and freedom

Girls are made of sugar and spice, and everything nice. That nursery rhyme should have ended at “sugar and spice” because women are people first, not an undifferentiated mass of femaleness. Let us talk about the dark side: the perpetual undercurrent of conflict and competition among women. Sometimes this has to do with men, but

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How Will COVID-19 Affect Women and Girls in Low- and Middle-Income Countries?

Policymakers should be thinking—and worried—about how COVID-19 is expected to disproportionately affect women and girls. Gender inequality can come into even starker focus in the context of health emergencies. With COVID-19 continuing to spread, what do we see so far—and what can we expect in the future—in terms of the impacts on women and girls?

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Feminism Claims to Represent All Women. So Why Does It Ignore So Many of Them?

My first marriage ended in divorce, and afterwards, I was on food stamps, I had a state-funded medical card that gave me and my son access to medical care, and I was living in public housing. Today, I have advanced education, a wonderful family and a career I enjoy. If this were the usual heartwarming,

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