SMART PLANNING

SMART PLANNING Happy New Year from The Resource Center for Women and Girls fraternity! I realize there is nothing new about this year but before January ends, it would be nice to touch base with our wonderful supporters, followers, and friends! Every start of the year brings forth new expectations and in some cases, resolutions! […]

CELEBRATING WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL DAY

CELEBRATING WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL DAY I grew up knowing that every woman had to be circumcised, get married, and have MANY children, Your opinion and how you felt about the practices did not matter at ALL, My husband would abuse me, my screams covered the entire village but that was no one’s business, All my mother […]

Camp Diary of a Shy Girl to a Confident Young Woman: Part 3

Camp Diary of a Shy Girl to a Confident Young Woman: Part 3 The facilitator asked them how the exercise was. She smiled and looked at the rest of her sisters. Her hands were under the table fingers crossed praying that the facilitator won’t pick her to answer the question.  Everyone in the room was looking […]

Camp Diary of a Shy Girl to a Confident Young Woman: Part 4

Camp Diary of a Shy Girl to a Confident Young Woman: Part 4 All that she had learned back then didn’t make a lot of sense. It was all about having fun and enjoying the travel, meeting her sisters once again and well, the change of environment was good for a disturbed soul like hers. […]

WHO’S TO BLAME?

WHO’S TO BLAME? Abortion is ILLEGAL in our country, yet young girls are still dying as a result of having unsafe abortions.  It is so infuriating and disheartening when very young girls are making wrong decisions even at the point of their death!!! A 13-year-old girl from Mathare slum and four months pregnant died while […]

Camp Diary of a Shy Girl to a Confident Young Woman: Part 5

Camp Diary of a Shy Girl to a Confident Young Woman: Part 5 At fifteen, I wasn’t sure about what I wanted in life. In the last exam, I had managed to score a C. that was the best I could produce. I was comfortable. Besides, I wasn’t the last one in the class and […]

Understanding Self

Understanding Self It is high time that as young women, we begin to understand ourselves as we face life. Sometimes we never know what life is all about unless we face the truth. Just as fire is covered by smoke and mirror is obscured by dust, just as an embryo rests deep within the womb, […]

Happy International Day of the Girl!!

Happy International Day of the Girl!! I am extremely proud to be a Girl. I admit that it always comes with challenges and setbacks because our culture and society don’t seem to embrace the fact that we are all equal and seem to think our major role is reproducing and taking care of men. Every few […]

Risk of Sexual Violence Around Kenya’s Repeat Election

Risk of Sexual Violence Around Kenya’s Repeat Election Human Rights Watch research confirms that, once again, there was sexual violence against women and girls during the most recent post-election violence in Kenya. I interviewed over 50 victims and witnesses in Mathare, Kisumu, Bungoma, and Dandora. They told me about rape, gang rape, attempted rape, unwanted […]