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Reproductive Health Rights

AWC in conjunction with the Reproductive Health and Rights Alliance (RHRA) is working on a project to create and promote awareness on unsafe abortion among the public, journalists, editors and other media practitioners through building partnerships.

The objectives of the project are:

  • To create awareness on unsafe abortion among the public as part of an effort to facilitate and provoke debate on the need for responsive and comprehensive reproductive health rights within a well defined socio-economic and legal framework.
  • To seek interventions on how best to address unsafe abortion in Kenya.

Raped as family members watch

Tuesday, 12 February 2008 13:13
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When bloodshed erupted after the general election results were announced in Nairobi at the end of December 2007, a bewildered Magdalene Mwati expected the inflamed passions would calm down after a short while.

Mwati kept assuring herself that things would not get any worse.

 

HIV Positive People are hard hit by displacement

Tuesday, 12 February 2008 12:14
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Story of Grace Oloo

Grace Oloo’s life had taken a predictable but comfortable routine since she tested positive for HIV/AIDS about four years ago.

Every morning, she would wake up with the cock crow, see her children off to school, tidy her house, and open her business in the Soweto village of the Kibera slums.

 

Fear, desperation and harm

Friday, 13 July 2007 19:52
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If Margaret (24), Salma (18), Miriam (24) and Janet (32) had a choice, they would not have become pregnant in the first place. A fifth testimony of a girl called Sandra was narrated posthumously.  She was 14 years old when she died from the complications of an abortion.

 

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We believe women are at the heart of Kenya's transformation. This election is going to present the highest number of highly capable women vying for elective positions. We've profiled some of the aspirants in our 3 publications, access the highlights via the links below:

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Strength of a Woman - Women, Land & Property

With this special issue on land and property rights, the Strength of a Woman, a product of the African Woman and Child Feature Service is again bringing you the untold stories of women, marginalised groups, challenges with the COK2010 and land policy and the need to connect the dots on issues with land using practical experience.

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