Pregnancies Stories
Since the start of the year, 924 women and nearly 10,000 newborns have died, highlighting the urgent need for accessible maternity services in all cou...
Gender Cabinet Secretary Hannah Cheptumo told the Senators that preventing teenage pregnancies requires early education, awareness of biological proce...
Teenage pregnancies, particularly in Kenya and across sub-Saharan Africa, are closely linked to preterm births and adverse neonatal outcomes.
Isaack believes real change will only come when both genders are included in the conversation — when young men are taught empathy, respect, and shared...
The dialogue ended with a unanimous call for a coordinated, multi-sectoral approach to tackle the root causes of HIV, adolescent pregnancies, and gend...
Nominated Senator Catherine Mumma, who chaired the session, warned that both girls and boys are increasingly vulnerable to abuse in schools.
The survey also reveals that 11 per cent of adolescent girls in this age group have had a live birth, 14.9 per cent have been pregnant at least once,...
Football is becoming a tool of empowerment, giving girls in Kwale County not only the chance to play but also to lead, learn and dream beyond societal...
The 2022 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey shows that 15 per cent of girls aged 15–19 have been pregnant. The rate increases sharply with age, risin...
Allan Maleche, Executive Director of the Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network and one of the event’s organisers, challenged the reliance on age alon...
Until now, these medicines were only allowed in Level 4 hospitals and higher. Their limited availability and frequent stockouts contributed to the cou...
This is not the first time the alarm has been raised. In 2024, both KHRC and MUHURI urged the government to act, citing earlier findings by the Kenya...
MUHURI noted that many of these pregnancies stemmed from rape, defilement, and early marriages, indicating widespread violations of girls’ rights.
The alarming figures showed that 35 per cent of women who fell pregnant reported having used contraceptives, raising fears about the quality and relia...
Older teens aged 15 to 19 registered 231,102 cases, showing a 4.3 per cent decline. These figures offer hope that ongoing efforts to address teenage p...
The donation provides much-needed relief to students who had previously endured long walks of several kilometres each day to attend classes.
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.
Aside from the period stigma caused by boys who humiliate and ridicule them for menstruating, they also face myths and misconceptions about menstruati...
The two pride themselves on successfully training more than 50 teen moms to earn a living through art, tailoring and beauty.
They say parents shy away from talking to their children about sexual and reproductive health, causing them to seek this information from inexperience...
Airbase Ward was said to be leading in teen pregnancies in Kamukunji Constituency.
