I have a toxic relationship with my hair. My 4C, tightly curled beautiful hair. I don’t always feel like it’s beautiful. I think it is partly because 4C hair is only praised when it’s long, and only on social media. The Covid-19 pandemic, lockdowns and
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As a young woman, being able to go out (at night) without needing permission from my parents was one coming-of-age privilege I deeply longed for. And so when the time came for me to explore nightlife, I relished in the freedom that came with it.
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Lorna Likiza
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Akello Odenyo
“When the body is healthy, the vagina is healthy,” The internet, on the other hand, is rife with misinformation.
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“PMS has to do with the vagina itself. There is no empirical evidence to support any alleged benefits of vaginal steaming.”
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Dr. Biko warns against using the pearls and powders because they are likely to cause infection and damage to body tissues.
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It may seem counterintuitive not to clean the vagina in a society that has pushed women to extremes in the name of cleanliness, but the practice causes more harm than good.
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These same herbs are quoted by peddlers of fake cures on social media, blurring the line between true traditional practice and fake news.
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Today, communities across the world are marking International Safe and Legal Abortion Day, a day which draws its origins in the Latin America struggles of the ‘90s in pursuit of the decriminalisation of abortion.
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Women continue spending hundreds of hours weekly in search of water, instead of investing that time in income-generating activities which can improve living standards.
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Juliet Attelah
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Joan Masinde
The Late Mary Kerubo Okari was a woman with a big heart and an even bigger mission to empower those around her. Kelliah Okari sits with us to reminisce on a picture taken on a Christmas morning that embodies who her grandmother was: a mother,
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