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Child marriage is far from being just a Kenyan issue - girls in sub-Saharan Africa are at the highest risk of child marriage in the world, with one in three marrying before the age of 18 ...
The demographics of Kenya includes over 43 ethnic tribes. [6] In recent years, [when?] violent ethnic conflict has come to the attention of the media, especially because of the 2007-08 Kenyan crisis, however, it is believed by many that this violence represents a larger problem in Kenya: uneven and combined development that leads to uneven resources and outcomes among its ethnic groups.
Nice Nailantei Leng'ete (born 1991) is a Kenyan human rights activist, advocating for alternative rite of passage (ARP) for girls in Africa and campaigning to stop female genital mutilation (FGM). In her work with Amref Health Africa , Leng'ete has saved an estimated 17,000 girls from undergoing genital mutilation and for many, childhood marriages.
By 1:15 p.m, all four gunmen regrouped together in a supermarket. The militants let an expatriate woman and her two children leave the store, along with an injured Kenyan teenage girl. Shortly after, the militants got into their first major confrontation with armed police, which would continue on throughout the day. [24]
Three people were injured in a fire at a high school for girls in Kenya, authorities in the country reported, just one day after more than 20 people were killed by a blaze at an elementary school ...
NAWI: Dear Future Me is a 2024 Kenyan-German coming-of-age drama directed by the brothers Toby and Kevin Schmutzler, Apuu Mourine, and Vallentine Chelluget and written by Milcah Cherotich. Set in the remote Turkana region of Kenya, the film follows a young girl's struggle against a forced marriage and her pursuit of education and self ...
Starehe Girls' Centre was born and is 100% free with the government providing the teachers and the donors paying the support staff. Several girls from the school have secured admission in some of the world's best universities including Yale. Njambi is a member of the school's board of trustees. [1] [2]
Kakenya Ntaiya (born 1978) [2] is a Kenyan educator, feminist and social activist. She is the founder and president of the Kakenya Center for Excellence, a primary boarding school for girls in the Maasai village of Enoosaen. [3] The first class of 30 students enrolled in May 2009. [4]