Mummy Tales

Judith Shitabule, 44, is a community health volunteer (CHV) based in the Lindi area of Kibera, Nairobi County. She is well known in her...

Judith Shitabule, 44, is a Community Health Volunteer (CHV) and reproductive health advocate based in Kibera, Nairobi. Judith monitors 100 households in her allocated...

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...

What happens when a young woman seeking family planning services settles on her preferred method, but the service provider disagrees with her choice? Is...

Why do some women who use family planning do so without their husbands' knowledge or against their husbands wishes? Seynab is one woman who...

What happens when the birth of your child nearly kills you? Farhiya lived through that experience and in this post, she talks about how...

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...

This is a research report on the utilization of modern family planning among blended Somali Women (refugees and natives) in Nairobi City, Kenya. The...

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,...

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...