Beverly Mumbo

We Need to Take A Survivor-Centred Approach in SGBV Response Services

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Irecently received a call from a distressed acquaintance whom we shall call Flo. Flo called seeking assistance for her 3-year-old daughter who is a victim of sexual gender-based violence (SGBV). Through the course of our conversation, she explained the myriad of challenges she had experienced – from seeking medical assistance to getting her statement recorded […]

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Access To Contraception: A Key Component to Realization of Reproductive Rights.

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n October 2020, my graduate school program director, Professor Morrison, shared with me an article she had come across in the Washington Post. It was the story of baby Blessing. A new-born who had been rescued from a dumpsite in Kibera in the dead of the night where her mother had dumped her. As I

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Menstrual Health Management: A rights issue not a Women Issue

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Menstruation health management (MHM) has been an area of focus for a few years now as it directly impacts how girls and young women navigate their lives. In Kenya, advocacy for adequate and quality menstrual health management facilities and products triggered the development of MHM policies including the Menstrual Health Management Strategy 2019-2024. Despite the

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