Teen Voices
Kenyan Girl Rejected by Schools for Her Disability
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A young Kenyan thanks her schools for the medicine, confidence and education provided after local options rejected her because she has a disability.
Teen Voices
‘Seat at the Table’ video: Activism as Personal Responsibility
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Teen Bryn Healy talks with Global Fund for Women’s Musimbi Kanyoro about the challenges of making the world free of hatred in this first installment of their “A Seat at the Table” conversation. “Activism is a long life of justice,” says Kanyoro.
Teen Voices
Teen Shares the Beauty of Kenya for Girls, Visitors
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From communities who pitch in to send a girl to university to the graceful Grevy’s zebra, the writer shares her favorite things about living in Kenya.
Teen Voices
Teen Questions Why Education Isn’t Enough for Kenyan Girls
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Teen Mary Mukami knows that the key to success for women in her country is education. But what she doesn’t understand is girls’ own inability to keep their eye on the prize.
Teen Voices
‘Add Something Little’ Taken Too Far for Kenyan Teen
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In Kenya, “ongeza kitu kidogo” means “add something little.” But despite its often lighthearted connotation, an attempt to act on this phrase nearly costs Faith Wanjihia’s cousin his education.
Kenya
In Kenya, Forgotten Rape Survivors Have Stories to Tell
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In recent months, I interviewed 163 women who were raped – many of them brutally gang raped – during the three-month period after the disputed presidential election. So far, they have been left out of all forms of recognition and reparation.
Abortion
Kenyan Girl Learns Harsh Life Lessons Early
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The writer’s sister had a rough year when she was 14 but things are looking up for her now.
Kenya
How Maasai women in Kenya are helping to make your cosmetics
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It’s a day-long drive from Kenya’s capital Nairobi to Twala in Laikipia County. The last 50 miles is along a dusty road, and then you arrive at the farm of the Twala Cultural Manyatta. It’s oasis-like, and the moment you enter the gate, the fresh smell of greenery strikes a contrast with the aridity you leave behind.
Teen Voices
Kenyan Teen Copes through Desertion and Death
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Despite her father’s abandonment, teen writer Joyce Wanjiru learned about strength and empowerment through the women who stepped up to give her a better life.
Teen Voices
Cousin to Cousin: Leave Him and Go Back to School
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For Kenyan teen Elizabeth Kavuto’s cousin, a “poor quality of education” in her village was the least of her roadblocks in attaining academic success.