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14 May 26

220 Reasons Kenya Must Stop Ignoring the Growing Femicide Crisis

In a femicide case in April 2026, Anita Mugweru was killed by her husband, a Kenya Defense Forces soldier, in front of their young child. Around the same time, in […]

29 Apr 26

A Political Ecosystem Designed to Exclude Young Women in Kenya.

For years, donors and partners have invested heavily in training women to run for office. Yet young women still account for less than 1% of Kenya’s elected leaders – unchanged […]

23 Apr 26

Charge for Change: Participatory Action Research Report

A Participatory Action Research Report for Chama Women in Mathare, Kangemi, and Kawangware The “Charge for Change” is a Participatory Action Research (PAR) report published in December 2025, commissioned by […]

19 Mar 26

Ordinary Spaces. Extraordinary Change.

The Chama Women Profile 2025 documents the stories of eight women’s self-help groups across Nairobi, chamas that began with merry-go-rounds and table banking and grew into powerful forces for community […]

08 Oct 25

Co-Creating the Future of Political Spas

We recently gathered, not for a typical Political Spa session, but to reimagine one. Makeup artists, young women leaders, aspiring politicians, and content creators came together to co-create a toolkit […]

07 Apr 25

Chama Women Discover Their Collective Power

“Bila sisi wajue hawaezi enda mahali” (without us, they should know they can’t go anywhere). These powerful words cut through the air in Kangemi social hall as one of the […]