ICW - Kenya Chapter

02/08/2021

Happy National Breast/Chestfeeding Week!

DID YOU KNOW that in terms of breast/chestfeeding, if a mother/birthing parent living with HIV is undetectable and adherent to medication while their child is on prophylaxis during the breast/chestfeeding period, the risk of transmission is LESS THAN ONE PERCENT, while the benefits of breast/chestfeeding benefit both the parent and the child for a LIFETIME?!

09/05/2021

Happy Mother's day to all Mother's. The world is a better place because of you.

24/03/2021

"As we Commemorate the Global World Tuberculosis Day Today 24th March 2021 TB remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers, each day, nearly 4000 people lose their lives to TB and close to 28,000 people fall ill with this preventable and curable disease!
Tuberculosis is taking a heavy toll on women, affecting them in the prime of their lives; women when they are economically and reproductively active, the impact of the disease is also strongly felt by their children and families. Gender Inequality, discrimination, violence, limited access to education and a lack of tailored services inhibit women’s access to health care and fuel new infections
With the Global theme “Clock is ticking” reminds us that we are running out of time to act on our commitments to End TB.
Let us all join the fight to find the people infected with TB who are missed by the existing mechanisms, especially the women and girls and ensure access to TB prevention, treatment, and care.
Our governments must mobilise sufficient and sustainable financing to TB scale up TB diagnosis and treatment, especially as a key component of reproductive and maternal health services for women and girls."

Words by ICW Eastern Africa programs manager Dorothy Namutamba

18/03/2021

ICW Eastern Africa will be launching The Annual F.I.E.R.C.E Award .
It shall be live on their page starting 11am.
Make a date with us, cheer The Woman on.




See you then 🤗

01/03/2021

In the recent years, Kenya has seen significant gains in building policies and laws that promote gender equality including the Plan of Action to implement 6the National Policy on Gender and Development which was launched in 2008. The country has made numerous steps in addressing maternal mortality and gender parity has been achieved in primary school education and the same is still being extended towards Secondary education.

However, these legal and policy frameworks intended to positively impact the lives of women and girls are undermined by lack of gender responsive budgeting which lead to under implementation. Cultural norms and pervasive discrimination are still of huge influence in women’s land ownership and participation in labour markets; early and forced marriage, Female Ge***al Mutilation, and access to finance and technology.

A significant number of women still cannot access basic services and women remain under represented in decision making platforms and political leadership. Here at ICW-K, we are committed to the journey of women empowerment and Zero discrimination against women and girls. In our programs we target to equip women with the knowledge and skills necessary to represent their interests in decision making platforms on National, County, Community and household levels. Below is a roleplay to demonstrate discrimination, this was done in Kiambu County.

23/02/2021

This is let you know that ICW Eastern Africa will this year join the rest of the world to celebrate the IWD by celebrating women living with HIV in the Eastern Africa region upon their achievements., and contribution to fighting HIV and AIDS.
ICWEA will be launching the International Community of Women Living with HIV Eastern Africa (ICWEA) Women’s Award which will be celebrated annually during the month of March in alignment with the International Women’s Day (8th March 2021).
This award will be extended to women who have made great milestones in their personal journeys as well as dedication to touching the lives of other women in the various area including SRH, access to care and treatment, policy advocacy, policy environment, HIV prevention, stigma and discrimination, VAWG, economic empowerment programs and addressing the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic among others.
This is a kind request to circulate the call for nominations here attached to your colleagues and, network members as soon as possible.
The nominations which will include a justification and profiles of the nominees should be shared with the secretariat to Nalubega Maureen at [email protected], cc Dorothy Namutamba at [email protected] by 26th February, 2021.

We look forward to a successful nominations.

13/02/2021

Today being the international Condoms day, we urge you to practice safe and consentual s*x.

05/02/2021

New blog alert!..The policy, also known as the ‘Global Gag Rule’ that barred funding for foreign non-profits that perform or promote abortions also affected efforts to treat tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS as well as to deliver nutritional assistance, among other programs, has had a significant impact, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa...

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11/01/2021

Despite the ups-and-downs, we hope that 2020 was a successful year for you and your organization. Thank you for taking the time to partner with us, we are very thankful. Here’s to a happy and healthy 2021 for you and yours!

This week ICW-K is attending the Kenya Coordinating Mechanism PLHIV constituency feedback meeting.