Time to tackle shadow pandemic instigated by Covid-19 lockdown
It was encouraging to see the Directorate of Criminal Investigations last week join the campaign to “break the silence” against domestic violence amid spiralling cases of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), where women and girls are the main victims of the horrendous crimes. WoN Executive Director writes on Daily Nation. Click here for more…Defiled, impregnated by kin during Covid-19 break
For 12-year old Matilda, the horrendous Covid-19 will remain etched in her mind. Not because of the huge toll it has taken on people across the globe or how negatively it has impacted on Kenyans. Her focus is on the uncertainty and devastation it has dragged into her young life-and future. WoN Executive Director NjeriRead More
We must take care of frontline health workers to defeat Covid-19
Vernottee Esendi esendivanortte@gmail.com And Robert Breen robert.breen@womansnewsroom.africa Nyakundi hurriedly walks home where his wife, a teacher at a private school- who is “staying home’’ as per the government’s directive, ushers him into the house just before the curfew sets in, to with relief. The 10-month old baby on the sofa casts a spell of aRead More
We must take care of frontline health workers to defeat Covid-19
Slide 1 Vernottee Esendi esendivanortte@gmail.com And Robert Breen robert.breen@womansnewsroom.africa Nyakundi hurriedly walks home where his wife, a teacher at a private school- who is “staying home’’ as per the government’s directive, ushers him into the house just before the curfew sets in, to with relief. The 10-month old baby on the sofa casts a spellRead More