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By: Wendy Otieno, Communications Assistant International Women’s Day (IWD) was a day to celebrate ‘Unsung Sheroes’ creating positive differences and claiming their space amongst different sectors in society.  The Ministry of the Netherlands in Tanzania in collaboration with Voice through Hivos came together to celebrate these women. They are; Women in mining Women in leadership […]

What does this mean to us? By Fatuma Matemu, Voice Amplifier / Communications Coordinator, Coordination Team. The principle of NOthing about us Without Us or in short, NOW-Us! is deeply enshrined in our work and in our hearts. This is also reflected by Oxfam and Hivos the consortium partners within which Voice is placed. On […]

By Edith Nantongo, Linking and Learning Facilitator, Strategic Links, Uganda The outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Uganda at the end of March 2020 led the Ugandan government to issue several measures aimed at stopping the spread of the virus. Social distancing measures were instituted throughout the country which saw the suspension of all forms […]

Voice(s) Honouring Human Rights Day Published on the 10th of December 2020 Introduction Today is International Human Rights Day. This day is observed every 10th day of December since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly. It decreed inalienable rights that nobody should be discriminated […]

By Mengo, Linking, Learning and Amplifier Officer, Voice in Kenya Africa and its ‘family values‘… The state of LGBTIQ movements in Africa for the past year or so has been hanging by a thread… a wet rayon thread. From Ghana’s Promotion of proper human sexual rights and Ghanaian family values bill to Uganda’s Anti-homosexuality bill […]

Kilifi County, Kenya, is grappling with a disturbing trend – the brutal killings of elderly people accused of witchcraft. This article delves into this complex issue and explores the causes, impacts and ongoing efforts.

My name is Pov Sovann also known as Chhum and I am married with 4 children. I live in a 4x5m old wooden house with a tin roof. I make money by sewing at home. My husband and I were never that close, whenever I sat down near him, or where people were eating together; […]