Category: Article
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Older people’s inclusion in the SDGs is essential to leave no one behind
This flyer on Ageing and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is part of the guide “Ageing and the SDGs – Six steps to older peoples inclusion”. The guide supports HelpAge staff and network members in using Agenda 2030 to advance older people’s rights and inclusion. It sets out six key steps for integrating ageing and […]
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Am I Going Mad: A Reflection on Mental Health in Kenya
Monday, 17th December 2018 was a normal day that stubbornly refused to conform to my expectations. An impulsive decision made at 3:30 PM in a 46 Matatu heading to the Nairobi city centre dramatically altered the direction of my life. I was on my way from Inuka Kenya offices, when a gut feeling nudged me […]
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Pastoralist Women in northern Tanzania – Leading Transformative Change
Maanda Ngoitiko is a Maasai from the Ngorongoro district of northern Tanzania. She is also the current Executive Director of The Pastoral Women’s Council, an organisation based in northern Tanzania. Her family are traditional pastoralists. Refusing to take the traditional path of early marriage that many Maasai girls are expected to take, Maanda insisted on […]
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Knec loses appeal in transgender battle
Transgender activist Audrey Ithibu Mbugua has won a battle against the Kenya National Examinations Council after the Appellate court upheld a decision compelling them to change her academic certificates to reflect ‘her’ new identity. The Court of Appeal said they were not persuaded by Knec to overturn the High Court’s decision, which ruled in Audrey’s […]
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Court rules Kenyan LGBT community can be registered
By JEMIMAH MUENI – The Lesbian and Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community can now go ahead and register their association as a rights group. This is after the Court of Appeal affirmed the High Court decision that directed the Non-Governmental Organisations Coordination Board to register the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) as an NGO. […]
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Gay witch-hunt sparks fear and panic in Tanzania’s LGBT+ community
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Gay and transgender people in Tanzania have gone into hiding fearing for their lives after a senior government official called on the public to report suspected homosexuals so that they could be arrested from early next week. Paul Makonda, regional commissioner for Tanzania’s main city of Dar es Salaam, announced […]