Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Rose Nyawira Njoroge - WNN MDG Stories (WNN/GDN) Nairobi, KENYA, AFRICA: At age 22, all Martha Achieng’ Ooko craved was freedom and a place to call her own. She was working hard as a beautician, giving manicures and pedicures in the western Kenyan city of Kisumu, saving to open her own salon one day. People who [...]
Jill Craig - WNN MDG Stories (WNN/VOA) Nairobi, KENYA, AFRICA: Losing both parents is a traumatic experience. For Kenyan young adults this process becomes even more difficult as they struggle with social stigma, financial insecurity, begrudging relatives and lack of an emotional support system. To deal with these challenges Catherine “Sonnie” Gitonga started an adult orphan [...]
Miriam Gathigah - WNN MDG Stories For the first time ever, the finance minister has allocated almost $4m from the current national budget to provide free sanitary pads to schoolgirls. This comes after persistent pressure from women parliamentarians, who took the issue of girls’ absenteeism from school due to lack of sanitary pads to parliament. It [...]
