Ebony Riddell Bamber is Head of Advocacy & Policy, Orchid Project. In this podcast, she speaks about her policy and advocacy journey; and has a few pieces of advice to…
Abdulmalik is a blogger and uses the internet to change perceptions on social issues as well as influencing policy in his native predominantly Muslim community in Tana River. He believes…
Gumato Guyo, 23, is an FGM survivor from Chalbi Desert in Marsabit County. Having been brought up by her grandmother, she, like her age mates in the village, went through…
Brenda Dora is a Human Rights lawyer, policy advocacy expert and child rights specialist involved in creation of Anti FGM policies , lobbying for adoption of child-friendly policies and laws;…
Antonia Sophia Waskowiak decided to volunteer in Kenya when she was 18 years young and still attending High School. "I didn't know, that this work camp would determine my life",…
Narrowly escaping FGM, Ruth sought to help girls who are at risk and those who have undergone the harmful cultural practice in Marakwet.
Tony began shaping conversations around engaging men in ending FGM. "Men play a crucial role in ending FGM," he says. "In many communities I have been to, men hold the gavel to the ending of the practice."
Njuri Ncheke will unveil a memorial stone at their headquarters in Laare, Meru county.
The more effort is put on the number of men sensitized (P), the less the demand of cut girls (Q), and also less men want to cut their girls. In a typical supply/demand situation in a free market, lack of demand automatically kills the supply. If men are willing to marry uncut girls, FGM will end faster!
I would sit down the observers of the moon and clouds, and consolidate the scientific knowledge of the revolution of the earth with their wisdom on weather and stars...
The Maasai of this generation does not explore… he does not go out of his comfort zone… being born in Olkejuodo, schooling in Olkejuodo, Marrying in Olkejuodo, Dying in Olkejuodo and being buried in Olkejuodo, next to their forefathers… as they would like to imagine… forgetting that their forefathers were wrapped up in skins and laid to rest outside their homes, which varied from place to place.
This podcast features people working in individual and organizational capacities in Kenya and beyond. They share their experiences, successes, failures and lessons learnt in the Anti FGM Campaign. About the…
