Stigma keeps refugees from reporting disease - UN
Women and girls especially at risk in refugee camps, reluctant to disclose Covid symptoms.
Hare Krishna Temple feeds 2,000 needy people daily
Devotees have been preparing and donating food every day for the past 35 years.
Women need extra protection during, after pandemic
As infections increase, so will burdens on women and vulnerability to Covid-19 and domestic violence.
Violence against women online on the rise – lobby
Includes physical threats, sexual harassment, stalking, zoombombing and sex trolling.
Boys exposed to violence likely to become offenders - UN
Factors increasing violence against women and children can be interpersonal, societal, individual.
Kisii parents take girls for FGM on pretext of ear-piercing – lobbies
The practice has moved from cultural celebrations to attitudes and mindsets governed by myths
Use Zoom for consultation services, doctor urges
Patients are opting to self medicate and missing on treatments such as dialysis.
When home is hell: Four women's GBV
Stay-at-home directive, loss of jobs have catalysed gender-based violence
Menses myths ruin lives, UN Women warns
Period shaming, poverty and discrimination affect physical and mental wellbeing.
Kenyans encouraged to use more Swahili online
If we have more content uploaded in Swahili online, then Google will translate better