Kenya

Underreported and Unchecked: Sexual Violence Against Somali Refugee Women

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by Yifat Susskind, MADRE

August 29, 2011 - 6:23pm (Print)

I recently returned from Kenya, where Somali women and families are seeking refuge by the thousands. I met with Hubbie Hussein Al-Haji of MADRE’s sister organization, Womankind Kenya, a grassroots women’s organization of Somali pastoralists. Here is what I learned.

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What Does US Policy Have to Do With Child Brides and Drought in Kenya?

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

August 5, 2011 - 9:16pm (Print)

Years of misguided U.S. policy such as the Global Gag Rule have contributed to today's crisis in Kenya.

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Roundup: Free Condoms by Mail for Philly Teens

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by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check

April 14, 2011 - 9:18am (Print)

Kenya could get condom manufacturing plant, Santorum announces exploratory committee, Indiana won't require women to hear breast cancer lies before an abortion, and Philadelphia's teen condom campaign causes controversy.

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Roundup: Reusing Condoms in Rural Kenya

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by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check

March 29, 2011 - 9:55am (Print)

Reusing condoms due to lack of availability in Kenya, Governor McDonnell signs TRAP law in Virginia, North Dakota pushes abstinence-until-marriage, and looking at discrimination of transgendered persons.

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Morning Roundup: House Judiciary Committee Passes H.R. 3

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by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check

March 4, 2011 - 11:13am (Print)

House Judiciary Committee moves H.R. 3 to the full House, three abortion bills survive Iowa's bill funnel, the governor of South Dakota says he's likely to sign bill requiring CPC counseling, an elected official is surprised at the reaction when he says women belong at home raisin' babies, and a Kenyan official suggests banishment for those with HIV.

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Weekly Pulse: #DearJohn, Does Banning Abortion Trump Job Growth?

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by Lindsay Beyerstein, RH Reality Check

February 7, 2011 - 8:07am (Print)

With millions of Americans out of work, House Republicans are focusing in on real priorities: decimating private abortion coverage and crippling public funding for abortion.

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No More Suffering in Silence: The Human Rights Dimensions of Obstetric Fistula

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by Agnes Odhiambo

February 1, 2011 - 9:15am (Print)

In Kenya, as in many other countries, the health care system lacks the resources to provide care to those who need it, and patients also have few means for exercising their rights.

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"I Am Not Dead, But I Am Not Living:” Obstetric Fistula in Kenya

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by Human Rights Watch

February 1, 2011 - 9:15am (Print)

The Kenyan state denies fistula sufferers their rights to the highest attainable standard of health and to a remedy for the injustices and denial of service that they face.

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Back to Life: My Journey from Suffering

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by Sarah Omega

January 31, 2011 - 1:03pm (Print)

My name is Sarah Omega and I am a fistula survivor from Kenya. After my parents died, I was raped by a religious leader and became pregnant at age 19. A wrenching labor left me with fistula.

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Kenya Poised to Trample Women's Reproductive Rights

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by Gillian Kane, Ipas

February 23, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)

Kenya is poised to revise its constitution with a ban on abortion and language redefining life beginning at conception. Only three other countries have such constitutional prohibitions.

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