Boom! 378,397 adolescent girls in Kenya aged between 10 and 19 years became pregnant in the period between July 2016 and June 2017 according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Kenya. Among them, 28,932 were aged between 10 and 14 years, while the rest 349,465 girls were between 15 to 19 years. In my
This monster called culture continues to enhance suffering for our women, girls and youth in general. It has been used as an excuse to continue oppression at different levels and capacities. It enhances child marriages, FGM and other harmful cultural practices. Fellow Africans when will we learn harmful culture has no place in the 21St century?
