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Clandestine Contraception in Kenya

By Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

September 2, 2009 - 11:07am

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Kenyan women are still suffering at the hands of a male-dominated birth
control system.


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Kenya Gets Plan B

By Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

July 15, 2009 - 2:15pm

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While here it has, generally, become a widely accepted emergency option, the BBC
reported today that in Kenya, the emergency pill—or e-pill, as it’s
called there—has caught on as many women’s favorite method of birth
control, “some even buying the pills in advance.”


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Can Sex Strikes Push A Political Revolution in Kenya?

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

May 5, 2009 - 2:48pm

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Kenyan women boycott sex in order to force male political leaders towards a truce.

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Kenyans Call Barack Obama "Our Son"

By Tamar Abrams, Population Action International

June 6, 2008 - 7:00am

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Well-educated, politically aware Kenyans talk about about the positive changes an Obama presidency would bring to the world.

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In Aftermath of Political Crisis, Kenya's Gender Problem Clear

By Florence Machio, RH Reality Check, Africa

April 7, 2008 - 8:43am

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The ugly face of violence reared its head in Kenya after the presidential elections of December, and I now know that crisis was a window into the status of women's rights in Kenya and the gaps in responding to sexual and gender-based violence in this country.


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The Tribe Called Woman

By Florence Machio, RH Reality Check, Africa

February 11, 2008 - 8:36am

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Since the crisis in Kenya began, I haven't yet heard of a woman who picked up a machete and killed her neighbor. As in many conflict-ridden places in the world, women stand out as victims as well as the ones who are looking for peaceful means to resolve the situation.


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HIV Crisis Looms in Kenya Amid Political Crisis

By Florence Machio, RH Reality Check, Africa

February 8, 2008 - 8:42am

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Efforts to curtail the spread of HIV/AIDS are about to go to waste in Kenya, if the current political crisis is not dealt with fast. Widespread sexual violence, displacement, and lack of access to providers are all contributing to the spread of the disease.


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Preparing to Vote? Remember African Women

By Florence Machio, RH Reality Check, Africa

January 25, 2008 - 8:54am

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As you American readers prepare to vote for President in November, please remember the women of Africa. Never has the American debate over abortion become clearer to us in Africa than during the Bush administration.


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Business As Usual in Kenya?

By Rupert Walder, RH Reality Check, Europe

January 16, 2008 - 8:49am

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The political crisis in Kenya is deeply affecting women -- the number of rape survivors seeking treatment has doubled in a Nairobi hospital -- but business as usual in Kenya before the crisis wasn't good for women, either.


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Political Crisis in Kenya Hits Women Hard

By Florence Machio, RH Reality Check, Africa

January 8, 2008 - 8:34am

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As is usual with political upheaval, the crisis in Kenya is falling heavily on women and children.


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