Big sisters are sexual reproductive health and rights champions from Kiambu,who play a big role in ensuring all the adolescent young girls and women they mentor have healthy reproductive health lives while still accessing quality services. To enable them offer accurate, correct and factual information to the AGYW they engage with in their communities, their […]
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Grace* (not her real name), is 16 years old, and a form 3 student, at Uhuru Kenyatta Secondary School in Mwihoko ward -Kiambu. She’s also one of the little sisters who has benefited from the SAFIRE program. Through Big Sister sessions,Grace now understands why she has to wait until she is mature enough to engage
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Article by Esther Mwende Menstruation is a natural process in girls’ and women’s lives and requires special care from a physical and psychological point of view. Negligence in menstrual hygiene can result in different sorts of infections including bacteria. Unfortunately, awareness concerning Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) is not highlighted due to socio-cultural trends. In the
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Attaining the highest possible level of health and well-being is a fundamental human right regardless of a person’s color, ethnic background, gender, age, ability or religion, class. These rights are stipulated in various international and regional instruments including the Maputo Protocol. Addressing the root causes of poor health among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW),
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Article By Ann Mukami Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) play a critical role in the diversification and increase in women’s income by making access to commercial loans easier through self-managed and self-capitalized savings groups that use members’ savings to lend to each other. The Big Sisters under the SAFIRE program embraced this model after
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Article By Ann, Big Sister Menstruation is a natural occurrence experienced by nearly all women of reproductive age. The ability to manage menstrual health (MH) with adequate knowledge, safety, and dignity and without stigma is an essential human right. Angela is a 17-year-old talented footballer and team leader of the Bafana girls’ football team
Article by Ruth, Big Sister Although pregnancy and childbirth are natural phenomena, many pregnancies pose serious health risks to mothers and their children, especially pregnancies characterized as too early. Pregnancies among adolescents have major health consequences for adolescent mothers and their babies. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that pregnancy and childbirth complications are the
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Article by Purity , Big Sister Sexually Transmitted Infections are predominantly known to spread through sexual contact and formulate as bacterial, viral, or parasitic and proven to have a profound impact on the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and young people which can have serious consequences beyond the immediate impact of the infection itself.
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