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WAN-IFRA Women in News names Mary Mbewe the 2020 Editorial Leadership Award Laureate for Africa
Today, WAN-IFRA Women in News has named Mary Mbewe, the Executive Editor of the Daily Nation in Zambia, as the ...
Control measures sought to stem surge of malaria in Baringo as residents decry shortage shortage of drugs, nets
Heavy rains and flooding in Baringo County, some 250km north of capital Nairobi, has recorded a surge in cases of ...
Covid-19 makes paupers of women dependant on ecotourism
Leah Namunyak is depressed. Since Covid-19 struck Kenya in March 2020, the middle-aged woman can barely earn any income ...
Covid-19 wreaks havoc on women-led businesses
Webinar discussions show that the coronavirus pandemic is hitting women the hardest, with women-led Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) at ...
School closures, poverty putting children at risk
In one village in Nyamira County, which is 350km west of capital Nairobi, young boys and girls walk up a ...
Coronavirus opens novel ways to sustain child immunisation
Elena Kachike braves the cold weather to traverse the muddy, hilly and rocky remote villages of Baringo South, about 270km ...
Pushed away from towns and unwelcome in villages: Uncertain times for many as economic downturn makes life in urban areas hostile
Over the years, many Kenyans in the countryside regarded visitors from towns and cities as a blessing. This has radically ...
Coronavirus denies women health services
The coronavirus pandemic has affected the delivery of health services vital to the well-being of women; including family planning services ...
When stigma causes more harm than Covid-19
On March 12, Wangui Waweru arrived back home in Lanet, Nakuru, from a workshop in Nairobi. Wangui, who ran a ...
Poor diet stunts children’s growth
When one thinks of Nakuru County, which is 150km west of capital Nairobi, images of fresh produce and plenty of ...
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