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Lamu girls get bicycles to curb school dropouts, unwanted pregnancies
Farhiya Hussein  |  Feb 24, 2025

The donation provides much-needed relief to students who had previously endured long walks of several kilometres each day to attend classes.

The unsettling tradition of forced marriages, kidnapping brides in Kenya's Boni community
Farhiya Hussein  |  Feb 10, 2025

Many Boni girls were captured while fetching water in rivers, collecting firewood or working in the fields.

Kenya tops EAC peers in tackling school dropout among adolescent girls- report
Alfred Onyango  |  Dec 01, 2024

The study report reveals that in Kenya, 72 per cent of adolescent girls aged 15-19 are currently in school, not employed, childless, and unmarried.

Lobby calls for govt action as number of schoolgoing Garissa girls remains low
Issa Hussein  |  Jun 22, 2024

Harrison Ochola, Garissa's FAWE coordinator, cited a survey they conducted in 2022, which he said revealed that only about 20 per cent of the girls in...

Stakeholders call for joint efforts to protect, educate Isiolo County's girls
Waweru Wairimu  |  Jun 18, 2024

In a delayed commemoration of the International Day of the African Child, stakeholders called for collaboration by all to eliminate FGM, early marriag...

Isiolo parents warned against subjecting girls to FGM during holidays
Waweru Wairimu  |  Apr 16, 2024

FGM, which remains a major impediment to girls' access to education, causes bleeding, infections, complications during childbirth, and an increased ri...

Education gap persists as millions of African girls out of school
Lucy Mumbi  |  Mar 16, 2024

Girls from marginalised communities, including those living in rural areas or poverty, face compounded barriers such as limited access to schools, ear...

Garissa's self-taught artists use art to fight FGM in vulnerable communities
Yunis Dekow  |  Feb 06, 2024

The artists' commitment to using art as a powerful tool for empowerment and awareness is gradually transforming cultural norms surrounding FGM in the...

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