The Privatisation in Education and Human Rights Consortium (PEHRC):“We need a narrative change. The privatisation of education is incompatible with equality.”Read the full article
Martin Léna:“The solutions we seek to provide to the climate crisis must not and cannot be disconnected from social justice and human rights. Those who are most vulnerable to climate change, and who are also the least responsible for it, are equally threatened by the false solutions put forward which claim [...]Read the full article
Between 2,500 and 3,000 workers have come together to file a case in Scotland against James Finlay Kenya, accusing the company of creating the terrible working conditions that have caused them life-limiting musculoskeletal injuries.Read the full article
Waste pickers call for their voices to be heard in negotiations for a global treaty on plastics that some compare to the Paris climate agreement.Read the full article
“In creating green champions, our aim is to come up with environmental experts at the trade union level and to build the capacity for participation and in advocating for a just transition in Kenya.”Read the full article
Almost four years after the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights recognised the Ogiek’s ancient title of the Mau Forest and ruled that they should be allowed to return there, the Kenyan government is yet to implement this [...]Read the full article
Since 2006, approximately 30,000 women have lost their jobs in large-scale, often multinational-owned, tea companies because of mechanisation.Read the full article
“However much we preach about the AfCFTA, if those informal cross-border women cannot get their goods from Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to Lusaka in Zambia then there is no real cross-border trade.”Read the full article
It’s been five years since the closure of the plant but the soil is still toxic, the water is still poisoned, people are still getting sick and mothers are unable to carry their babies to full term.Read the full article
According to the UN Refugee Agency, more than 80 per cent of the people that have fled to Kenya in recent weeks are women and children.Read the full article
There are an estimated 1.1 billion people worldwide who cannot officially prove their identity. Almost half – some 500 million people – can be found in sub-Saharan Africa.Read the full article
Critics say the continent is a dumping ground for used consumer goods from the Global North. However, opponents say the ban will hurt workers and business owners, not to mention denying the region millions in tax revenues.Read the full article
“Three key success stories can be told of the KNPSWU: the massive growth in union membership, the ability to build internal cohesion and solidarity, and the strategic utilization of institutional power.”Read the full article
Faced with few options in the formal economy, buoyed by a national love for sports and lured by big money prizes, an ever-increasing number of young Kenyans are turning to online sports betting as a means of earning a living.Read the full article
Most African governments sign bilateral labour migration agreements (BLMA) with Gulf states without any provisions for the guarantee of migrant worker rights.Read the full article
“Extreme police brutality – including harassment and intimidation, extrajudicial killing of human rights defenders, and the shrinking space for civil society – is quite alarming in Kenya ahead of the August polls.”Read the full article
The success of Kenyan and Ethiopian female athletes is transforming the socioeconomic landscape of their countries, characterised by a tradition of patriarchy and machismo. Now there are househusbands and female breadwinnersRead the full article
“Now more than ever, the world needs young people who proactively engage in and contribute to sustainable agriculture development”Read the full article
Mary Wandia:The fact that health personnel sometimes fail in their duty of care and perform FGM undermines decades of hard work, and is a violation of medical ethical obligations to protect health and “do no harm”Read the full article
Over 100 people have been killed in six attacks since early June in Kenya’s coastal region, including the latest on Friday which killed seven peopleRead the full article