Monthly Archives: June 2023

June
30 Jun

Myths & Facts

The Women’s and Adolescent Health Rights program was initiated five years ago in Baringo County, Kenya. In collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education of the region, Mundo Posible developed a capacity-building program in menstrual, sexual, and reproductive health rights in the region’s public primary and secondary schools. This program was specially focused on schools with a student population from the Ilchamus ethnic minority. Over these years, the program has been implemented in many public schools...

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07 Jun

NEW Women

The women of the Network for Empowerment of Women (NEW) in Baringo County hail from various regions within Baringo South sub-county. They serve as leaders of Ilchamus women’s groups, voluntary associations comprising 20 to 30 women who come together to engage in diverse income-generating activities. Traditionally, Ilchamus women are expected to stay at home, caring for the family and livestock, which is an exceptionally arduous task in the semi-arid region where water is scarce and must be manually transported in...

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