The Curse of Likability Yvonne E. Mwende “We have a world full of women who are unable to exhale fully because they have for so long been conditioned to fold themselves into shapes to make themselves likeable.” Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions —Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Culturally reinforced signals have dictated that women should not only be […]
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This being the month that we celebrate the International Women’s Day on 8th March, it has been quite refreshing to wake up to the news of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s sentencing. Harvey was sentenced on Wednesday to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault. Finally the women get retribution for the awful crimes
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Yvonne E. Mwende Consent is permission for something to happen or an agreement to do something. Consent requires respect and communication. It includes knowing and respecting a person’s own boundaries as well as the boundaries of others. Understanding consent means that a person has the skills to leave a situation that doesn’t feel comfortable, and
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Yvonne E. Mwende Being a survivor of sexual violence is a harrowing experience, especially aggravated by a sense or loss, of losing something that one can never recover. This loss can lead to a sense of hopeless despair, where one recedes into themselves. Perpetrators of sexual assault have an atrocious need for power, to control,
By Yvonne E. Mwende Happy New Year 2020! Frohes Neues Jahr 2020! Yep, it’s a new year. Time flies. To begin this New Year, I thought to pen a reflective piece about my agency in the space of advocacy, especially on women’s advancement. Sounds off beat uh? “I thought I Am My Bodyguard was about
By Yvonne Mwende Notwithstanding significant attempts to curb Gender Based Violence (GBV), it still remains the most extreme expression of unequal gender relations in society and a violation of human rights. Arguably a major obstacle for the achievement of gender justice, posing a serious threat to democratic development and public health, and a critical barrier
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The I Am My Bodyguard team conducted a week-long workshop in Kenya targeting over 1000 children from low income areas. This target was achieved, as we were able to train slightly over 1000 children. Some of our training days coincided with the 16 days of Activism against Gender-based Violence, an annual international campaign that kicks
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By Yvonne E. Mwende “Orange the World: Generation Equality Stands against Rape”, is this year’s theme for the international campaign “16 days of Activism against Gender-based Violence (GBV) which starts on 25 November 2019 —International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women to continue to 10 December 2019 —Human Rights Day. The campaign focuses
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By Yvonne E Mwende “In the end we remember, not the words of our enemies but the silence of our allies,” Martin Luther King Most victims of sexual assault do not report cases of abuse until many years have elapsed. And in more than a few instances the silence is broken by some parental instincts
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In the following list you will find out about some tragic facts about the Child abuse worldwide. Approximately 5 children die every day because of child abuse. Most children do not tell anyone they have been abused, and those who do tell often have to tell several people before any action is taken. Children who
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