This #16DaysOfActivism, we’re talking about a form of violence that lives in our pockets: Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV).For many of us, our phones are our lifeline for work, connection, and community. But for too many women and girls, they’ve also become spaces of fear, harassment, and abuse. From threatening messages and financial blackmail to stalking […]
Friends forever, Peninah and Mary in 2015 Taking stock of the BHESP USAID community project fifteen years later. We sat with Mary, our paralegal officer, community activist, and leader.Mary:- It has been twelve years since you opened the BHESP-Kariobangi Drop-in Centre (DIC). We are going to miss our centrePeninah: Actually, it has been longer than […]
On 24th January 2025, a few days after assuming power, President Trump announced a stop work order for all projects funded by USAID the world over.BHESP clinic was among the affected; we closed immediately. Ten members of staff lost their jobs.One hundred community workers made up of bar hostesses and other women in Eastlands also […]
At 19, Amina a single mother of two, had learned to survive in ways no child should. After running away from an abusive stepfather, the dumpsite became her home; the streets, though ruthless, had at least offered her the illusion of control over her life. But one night, that illusion shatteredAs she was walking back […]
For more than two decades, BHESP has been a pillar of hope, delivering lifesaving HIV services across Nairobi and other counties, reaching nearly 60,000 marginalized women, and ensuring access to essential prevention and treatment services. However, that lifeline is now under threat. The recent USAID stop-work order has forced BHESP to shut down two vital […]
In the shadows of Kware (Nairobi), memories linger like haunting echoes, painful reminders of lives lost too soon, of women whose dreams and futures were violently stolen. The brutal murders of women in our communities are not isolated incidents; they are glaring evidence of a society that continues to fail its women. For far too […]
My name is Lydia, and I’m 23 years old. For a long time, I lived in fear, in silence, and in a deep, painful place that I couldn’t escape. I used to work at a club, and I never wanted to get tested for HIV. I feared the unknown, and after a traumatic night, I […]
With the ongoing heavy rains, most areas are flooding, therefore rendering it impossible to access the streets. Sex workers like the majority of society have suffered the effects of the heavy rains,In most cases accessing clients through a hotspot is always easier and safer,but the heavy rains especially at night has seen a reduced number […]
In the dimly lit corners of a chang’aa den, where shadows dance with the flicker of flames, Zidane’s story begins. Raised by a single mother whose focus was consumed by the demands of her illicit business, Zidane’s childhood was a delicate balance between survival and yearning for something more. As the scent of chang’aa lingered […]
My story begins with a darkness that consumed me, a darkness born from the brutality of rape. I found myself lost and broken, seeking refuge in the sterile walls of a public hospital. But even as the physical wounds healed, the scars on my soul ran deep, and the pain of that moment threatened to […]