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The day I helped a mother who had given birth by...
Judith Shitabule, 44, is a community health volunteer (CHV) based in the Lindi area of Kibera, Nairobi County. She is well known in her...
Champion of Maternal and Newborn Health: Judith Shitabule, Community Health Volunteer...
Judith Shitabule, 44, is a Community Health Volunteer (CHV) and reproductive health advocate based in Kibera, Nairobi. Judith monitors 100 households in her allocated...
The small white card that is Nasra’s lifeline
By Maryanne W. Waweru l wawerumw@gmail.com l @MaryanneWaweru
There is something that Nasra*, 36, cannot forget to do every three months.
She would rather forget to eat, brush her...
I was denied my family planning method of choice at the...
What happens when a young woman seeking family planning services settles on her preferred method, but the service provider disagrees with her choice? Is...
Secrets in marriage: I use family planning but my husband doesn’t...
Why do some women who use family planning do so without their husbands' knowledge or against their husbands wishes? Seynab is one woman who...
“Why I decided not to give birth again after delivering my...
What happens when the birth of your child nearly kills you? Farhiya lived through that experience and in this post, she talks about how...
The story of Sadiya and Mama Kevo of 7th Street
By Maryanne W. Waweru l wawerumw@gmail.com l @MaryanneWaweru
37-year-old Sadiya is a mother of nine. Her eldest child is 22, while her youngest is aged two...
Dynamics in utilization of modern family planning among blended Somali Women...
This is a research report on the utilization of modern family planning among blended Somali Women (refugees and natives) in Nairobi City, Kenya. The...
How climate change is driving up FGM and early child marriage...
By Maryanne W. Waweru l maryanne@mummytales.com
One day, as Domtila Chesang was returning from her anti-FGM campaign activities in the remote village of Kotulpogh in Masol ward,...
How society’s attitudes towards the sexual lives of women with disabilities...
By Maryanne W. Waweru l maryanne@mummytales.com
For many persons with disability, they often must deal with the reality of a huge section of society...