Gender & Minorities

The UN Women’s Rights in Africa Report was produced in honour of the African Union 2016 theme “year of human rights”, thus celebrating the gains made by women in the continent.

Fadumo Dayib’s announcement she would run for the presidency of Somalia sent shock waves through the Somalia’s political landscape which is male-dominated and the staunchly patriarchal Somali societies in general.

Rather than looking at the ethical, religious or personal stances on sex work, it is important to first acknowledge that sex work has borne the brunt of a highly stigmatizing society, and one whose sexual conservativeness has often clouded, and looked in aghast as those who freely and consensuall

In June 2013, Louise (not her real name) an 18-year-old girl in junior high school was four months pregnant when she attempted to procure an abortion in Kigali, Rwanda.

At the end of last week, UK's Department for International Development (DfID) announced that they would not be continuing their partnership with Girl Effect in support of the YEGNA program.

In a high-octane campaign run on fear, the exit polls are in, and they vary.

When doing research for this article, I encountered the usual problems of not finding adequate materials to provide the background. Moreover, I encountered what I can only described as a thinly veiled disdain for feminism in general.

3^rd November 2016

Delegation of the European Union to Kenya

Union House, Ragati Road

P.O. Box 45119-00100

Nairobi

After holding consultations in Quebec, Nova Scotia and Ontario last month, the United Nations Working Group on People of African Descent issued a statement that sheds light on realities, to

I was called to Bar here in London just over 55 years ago. June 16, 1959, to be precise by Lincoln’s Inn. A few weeks later I returned to Kenya.