17,000 participants and 30,000 activists streamed into Beijing for the opening of the Fourth World Conference on Women in September 1995. 189 government representatives debated. It is only fair to say that the debates were sometimes heated. The conference took…
In Kenya, if you are under 18 years of age, there are things you cannot do. These include; voting, holding an elective position, driving, working, marring, suing or being sued and so on. I have been working with teenage boys…
The class is full of students. From their faces you can guess that they have been eagerly waiting for this day. The students are between 13 and 17 years, from the back you can hear them giggling and whispering, probably…
When Victor Odhiambo, founder of Garden of Hope Foundation was working with a local organisation in Samburu he was approached by a teenager who asked him for Sh50 to buy sanitary pads. This later inspired him to start addressing issues…
NAME: DAVID NELSON SCHOOL: MASHIMONI SQUATTERS SECONDARY SCHOOL ESSAY: PEACE AND DIVERSITY Peace and diversity are very essential components in our day to day life activities. You will totally agree with me that each and every individual in the country…
On May 23, 2016, chaos broke out in Kibera’s Olympic area after the police allegedly barred local youth were allegedly from participating in a peaceful demonstration to evict the Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC). Due to the number of demonstrators…
