Statistics in Kenya show that about 65% of girls cannot access sanitary towels. (Daily Nation, Feb 10 2020). These girls substitute regular pads with less safe and absorbent materials such as rags and tissue paper due to their economic status. In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the country has reported an increase in the ….  Read More

Here is what keeps me going when I look at the situation around me, I think of life as an adventure, like a roller coaster because it brings you ups and downs. This is because things have really taken a different direction in a span of months. Being a student and a self-employed personality, I ….  Read More

It is this particular afternoon that everything becomes different to me as a young female student. I bump into Ms. Mary Ojwang and she invites me in a friendly irresistible way to a forum named fresher’s conversation. She says “It is a WOSWA forum doesn’t miss, it is about female students”. Little did I know ….  Read More

‘’Every lady, no matter where she’s from, deserves the opportunity to develop the promise inside of her’’. My name is Laureen Isimiti, a fourth year student pursuing Bsc.Industrial Chemistry at the University Of Nairobi (Chiromo Campus) and the current WOSWA (Women Students Welfare Association) representative at the afro mentioned campus. My inspiration to join WOSWA ….  Read More

In solidarity with all African students Union – AASU, women students association WOSWA condemns the rape and murder of comrade Uwa, a 22-year-old student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Edo State, Nigeria on June 4, 2020. The victim was found lying in a pool of blood at a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, ….  Read More

l would like to reiterate one of the famous quotes by an American actress Angelina Jolie who said, “There is no greater pillar of stability than a strong, free and educated woman and there is no more inspiring role model than a man who respects and cherishes women and champion their leadership.’’ During this auspicious ….  Read More

Innovation and Excellence International Women’s Day Theme 2020: #Each for Equal My speech is zeroed in #wecandobetter Background The International Women’s Day logo is in purple and white and features the symbol of Venus, which is also the symbol of being female. International Women’s Day is observed across the world on March 8. It is ….  Read More

I take life to be a chain of stages where you are required to take every new phase of it with faith that you will be able to handle the outcome of it. At the end of every journey begins another. So like every other lady, I began the journey that is campus with so ….  Read More

The society is never fair to girls and young women. A lot is expected from them as from their childhood to adulthood. Gender associated roles are planted in girls as they gr ow up. This affects the way they do things and their interactions compared to boys and men. To break out from the chain ….  Read More