Malaysia-based Karex Bhd., which makes one out of every five condoms worldwide has warned of a looming global shortage of condoms. The company makes condoms for brands like Durex and churns at least five billion condoms yearly, exporting stock to more than 140 countries. Now, the world’s biggest maker of condoms says it currently has […]
Malaysia-based Karex Bhd., which makes one out of every five condoms worldwide has warned of a looming global shortage of condoms. The company makes condoms for brands like Durex and churns at least five billion condoms yearly, exporting stock to more than 140 countries. Now, the world’s biggest maker of condoms says it currently has […]
LOCKDOWN THE COUNTRY, are the words uttered by most Kenyans during this COVID-19 crisis. However, many are yet to ask themselves; what about those who depend on movement for a living? Those who work casually and earn enough for only that day? Those girls who encounter violence within their homes? How will they avoid the […]
Vulnerable women such as sex workers are most affected by the lockdown. With bars being closed they are left with no other choice but to bring the client in their homes or even go to their client’s houses. This puts sex workers at great risk of being abused. A standard surgical mask goes for 100 […]
Finally, the murderer of Peninah Wanjiru a member of BHESP has been found. David Megwi was arrested after the murder of yet another woman, the same time exactly one year later, he had hired street boys to dump body parts in an estate dumpsite. The boys were arrested and led the police to David. We […]
“Times have changed, we need to acknowledge the fact that our kids are already engaging in sex”, says Wanjiku* who has a teenage daughter. With the closure of schools, the number of teenagers engaging in sex has risen. Cynthia, a young mother to tell us her story; “In March, when schools were closed, we were […]
Every time I see the lawyer on T.V my heart skips a beat, my ulcers rise and I remember the pain of the accident, I relive the pain, the piercing chest pain, my back stuck on the bed, knives poking my body , stomach on fire, my broken leg shaking in pain, I am drained […]
10th of December 2020 was a normal day for Jacqueline Waithera (not her real name) as she went about her routine of seeking clientele at her usual hot spot on the street of Nairobi, in the Kenyan capital. Jacqueline is a sex worker and on a good day she can get up to 10 men […]
ADAPTED FROM AIDSMAP A recent study published by AIDSMAP and analyzed locally by different research firms from data collected at seven different Sex Workers Outreach Programs in Nairobi from a sample of 33,560 women indicates that the number testing positive for HIV has dropped by more than two-thirds between 2008 and 2017. While no single […]
By BHESP Team NAIROBI, 18TH JANUARY 2020. Bar Hostess Empowerment and Support Programme (BHESP) today teamed up with Frontline AIDS, a charity organization that supports persons living with HIV, to donate dry foodstuff to cushion sex workers who are considered a vulnerable group against the biting economic effects of Covid-19. The contribution which comprised relief […]