The Elgeyo Marakwet Women representative, Jane Kiptoo has asked the county government to partner with her office in the establishment of a rescue centre to provide refuge for girls and women escaping Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The women representative said it was sad that the county with an FGM prevalence rate of 53 percent does […]
Continue ReadingAs the war against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) gathers momentum, the government has announced that Chiefs and their Assistants in Meru South Sub-county in TharakaNithi, will be given books to enlighten them on how to fight the retrogressive cultural practice. While speaking during a public baraza at Njuri in Magumoni Ward on Tuesday, the Sub- […]
Continue ReadingThe Nyanza Regional Commissioner (RC), James Kianda has warned teenage girls’ predators of dire consequences in a bid to reduce alarming rate of teen pregnancies which consequently lead to school dropout. Kianda who presided over the commissioning of a three-day free medical camp in Nyamira on Monday noted that Nyamira was leading in the whole […]
Continue ReadingPolice in Thika have arrested three women for subjecting their four daughters to undergo female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The circumcised girls, aged between nine and 12 years were taken from the house they had been locked up in Majengo estate to the Thika Level Five Hospital for treatment. The Thika West Sub County Police Commander […]
Continue ReadingThe Africa Gender and Media Initiative Trust Programme Manager, Gladys Kiio has commended the tremendous strides made in the implementation of the national school health policy which was launched in Kilifi in June 2019. Speaking on Saturday in Mombasa during the formation of the school health technical working group for the county, Ms Kiio said […]
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