CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF ADOLESCENCE (CSA)
Girls’ access to contraceptives and abortion care is often denied or hampered due to a range of barriers, many of which are rooted in abortion stigma. The stigma largely emanates from gender stereotypes, which are used to deny girls and women access to abortion and contraceptive services. This stereotype implies that women should put importance …
Adolescent sexual reproductive health advocacy and programming has gained traction in recent years. Sustainable Development Goal 3 aims to ensure universal access to SRH services by 2030, including FP, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programs. In addition, adolescents have now been included in the World Health Organization’s …
Gender-based violence is rising as evidenced by a series of instances. Recently, we saw Boda Boda riders beat, grope, and rob a young woman motorist. Then came the insults hurled at Mama Ngina Kenyatta by a US-based blogger. Ida Odinga was heckled and booed in Meru, in the church of all places, last Saturday while …
A big sister from Ruiru narrates the attitude transformation she has experienced and witnessed so far in her community. She has been holding sessions right from the initiation of the SAFIRE project led her to interact with a number of young adolescent girls and their parents. Initially, she would get an average of two referrals …
Article By Esther Among many challenges that girls and women in Kenya face is lack of access to sexual and reproductive health rights. They are disproportionately burdened by early pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections including HIV and early marriages yet have limited voice over their bodies. Great progress has been made over years on empowering and …
Article by Levinah Omondi Levinah Omondi is a big sister in Ruiru, Kiambu county. A Big sister is a mentor to adolescent girls and young women who are mentored on various aspects of their lives key focus being in their reproductive health and rights. Through the various training and capacity strengthening opportunities Levinah Omondi has …
Big sisters are sexual reproductive health and rights champions from Kiambu,who play a big role in ensuring all the adolescent young girls and women they mentor have healthy reproductive health lives while still accessing quality services. To enable them to offer accurate, correct and factual information to the AGYW they engage with in their communities, …
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Article by Eunice Wanjiru For young people, sexual and reproductive health rights are a critical part of their lives whether they are sexually active or not. Having been privileged as a peer ambassador and among one of the Big Sisters under Centre for the study of adolescents (CSA) the program enables me to provide information …
Article By Lilian Wambugu Wambui Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing in all matters related to the reproductive system. SRH is a critical entitlement that determines the wellbeing of an individual and quality of life. Yet in today’s community, many young people face barriers that prevent …
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Article By Saveline Njeri We are living at the times of great technological advances where sharing and dissemination of information have been made easy and fast, however, it is surprising that a considerable number of adolescents and young people have limited or no knowledge on sexual reproductive health, and for those who possess it’s often …
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