Kisumu County strategy to engage the community in GBV amid COVID-19 pandemic

By Matilda Atieno The Kisumu County Gender Sector Working Group (CGSWG), a collaboration with the County Department of Education and Gender sector and the State Department of Gender Affairs with support from partners, kicked off the sensitization and Mobilization forums for the sub-county committees at Victoria Comfort Hotel. The seven days forums sponsored by KMET
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Kisumu’s’ Multi-sectoral Approach to early Teenage Pregnancies

By Matilda Atieno County health and gender officials held a multi-sectoral meeting with state officers from the Ministry of Interior, Education, the state office of gender and non-state actors to explore initiatives in handling early unintended pregnancies among teenagers and the youth across Kisumu. Teenage pregnancies remain a major public health problem with lasting repercussions
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Kisumu Set to Roll out Intergenerational Dialogues to Eliminate Violence against Women and Girls

Kisumu’s Mama County Mrs. Dorothy Nyong’o today presided over the launch of the implementation of a campaing dubbed “Generation Equality” to end Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Kisumu.’ The programme launched aims to encourage intergenerational dialogue where younger women benefit from mentorship from their older or veteran sisters as they seek to end GBV. “Women
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County Revolving Fund Steering Committee Assumes Office

By Matilda Atieno, Kisumu County has established the revolving fund steering committee composed of the county committee and the sub-county committee members as stipulated in the public finance management Act, 2012 set to provide grants to the women youth and people living with disabilities to capitalize on a Revolving Fund. The regulation known as “The
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Capacity Building of the County Vocational Training Centers Managers

Chief Officer Education Madam Penina Onyango addressing participants during the 2 days for the Managers of the Vocational training Centers across the county at the Le Savanna Hotel in Kisumu (Picture by David Wadulo) By Emily Mikwa Kisumu County Directorate of Vocational Training Centers (VTCs) in partnership with Youth Alive Kenya and Forum for International
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Engaging Residents of Manyatta B on Basic Insights on Taxation

The county government of Kisumu in partnership with the Kenya Female Advisory Organization ( KEFEADO )and the National Taxpayers Association (NTA), held a community forum to engage residents of Manyatta B on Tax justice conversations. The forum was hosted by the area MCA, Ms Pamela Odhiambo. The main objective of the forum was to equip
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County Gender Team Visits Seme

Officer in-charge of gender Mrs. Adah Omedi flanked by Director services, Madam Fiona Okwri during the sensitization against early pregnancy  and distributing of sanitary towels to the young women in Seme The County gender team paid a visit to the GENO Community Home based Care (CBO) on a Youth and adolescent sensitization forum in North Seme
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How Kisumu Is Blazing the Trail in The Fight Against Sexual Gender-Based Violence

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New Tact Needed to Combat Teenage Pregnancies Says Deputy Governor

Sober discussions on reproductive health must take center-stage in public forums to help reduce teenage pregnancies in the County, Kisumu Deputy Governor Dr. Mathew Owili has said. Dr Owili said that cases of teenage pregnancies have risen sharply in Kisumu since mid-March when the government ordered the nationwide shutdown of schools following the Covid-19 outbreak,
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