Tag: Kenya
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‘Africa has awakened’: Kenya Rises to Demand Change
In recent weeks, Kenya has witnessed a rising resistance from its young population against what they perceive as overburdening taxation proposed in the country’s Finance Bill of 2024. This bill, […]
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Ending Female Genital Mutilation in Africa Requires a Holistic Approach. Here’s Why.
We recently sat down with our co-founder and Kenya representative Domtila Chesang, who is a human rights activist known for her grassroots campaigns against female genital mutilation (FGM) and gender-based […]
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Ending FGM: Time to Shift the Power to Women & Frontline Activists
As an organization principled on collaboration not competition, last month was a pivotal milestone for AWRA. Some of our co-founders were privileged to participate in a retreat near Lake Naivasha, […]
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Here’s what we learned from ESD Global’s self-defense training for women
As a movement, African Women Rights Advocates (AWRA) believes in creating safer spaces for women, where survivors can heal and thrive. We believe all women and girls should be […]
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4 Ways We Can Support Women’s Economic Empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa
The creative manufacturing and handmade sector is the second largest employer in developing countries. The African continent is renowned for its diverse culture and heritage. Many handmade artisans […]
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“A New Dawn for Children”: FGM Survivor Writes Her Second Children’s Book
This blogpost was written by Ruth Harley, and first appeared on the website of Global Media Campaign to End FGM. AWRA founding member Sadia Hussein has written her second […]
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#ReclaimTheNarrative: Dismantling Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking is the recruitment, transfer, harboring or receipt of people through fraud, force, or manipulation with the goal of exploiting them for profit or sexual pleasure. Women, children, […]
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AWRA steps up efforts to end FGM, child marriage in Kenya’s most remote villages
The African Women Rights Advocates (AWRA) movement has been strengthening its efforts in some of Kenya’s most remote villages to help reduce the rates of child marriage and Female Genital […]
