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Bring your thoughts, questions, and insights to the conversation on Rights, Diversity, and African Sovereignty as we explore critical questions around identity, governance, culture, and self-determination in Africa. Today!
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Who gets to define African values? Who decides which families belong, whose identities are recognized, and whose rights are protected?
This Pride Month, we’re unpacking the proposed African Charter on Family, Sovereignty and Values and what it means for inclusion, dignity, and human rights across Africa.
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Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) is not about spoiling morals. It helps young Kenyan girls understand their bodies and make informed choices. Calling health education a “threat” puts young people at risk instead of protecting them.
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Creating a better future means refusing to accept limiting expectations as “just the way things are.”Challenging these beliefs is something we must do together. It helps the next generation grow up free to choose who they want to be.
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Gender roles are often explained as “natural” to justify unfair treatment. To move forward with SRHR in Kenya, we must challenge these beliefs so everyone has the right to make choices about their own bodies.
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In Kenya, cultural preservation serves as amechanism for the surveillance and discipline of womn’s bodies. We must interrogate whose interests are served when "tradition" mandates the surrender of individual bodily autonomy. @Zamara_fdn #BeyondAfricanValues #ZamaraVoices
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Building platforms for young women to express themselves ensures that health policies are not just written in boardrooms in Nairobi, but are actually responsive to the needs of a girl in Turkana or Kilifi. #BeyondAfricanValues
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SRHR advocacy in Kenya must be intersectional, reaching LBQ women, women with disabilities, and those in marginalized rural areas. #BeyondAfricanValues
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The World Bank notes that every additional year of secondary education for a girl can increase her future earnings by up to 20%. #BeyondAfricanValues
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Information is the first line of defense against the "triple threat" of new HIV infections, unintended pregnancies, and SGBV. #BeyondAfricanValues
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In Kenya, the gatekeeping of information is a tool of control. When we provide young women with knowledge, we aren't "corrupting" them; we are equipping them to survive and lead.
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Upholding human rights means acknowledging that no ritual or tradition is more sacred than an individual's right to consent. #BeyondAfricanValues
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Harmful traditions thrive on the lack of informed consent. SRHR is about returning that power to the individual. #BeyondAfricanValues
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Harmful Traditions Carry a Heavy Economic Cost. In Kenya, girls who escape child marriage are significantly more likely to finish school and contribute to the GDP. #BeyondAfricanValues
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Faith and culture are the fabrics of our society, they should be used to warm and protect us, not to bind or hurt us.
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True faith upholds justice and compassion. Collaborations between organizations like KELIN and community/religious leaders prove that faith can support health justice when it focuses on informed choice and dignity. #BeyondAfricanValues
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Feminist movements are addressing real, measurable inequalities
According to Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, gender disparities still exist in income, land ownership, and unpaid care work. #BeyondAfricanValues
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SRHR is central to liberation, not separate from culture. Reducing maternal mortality requires challenging norms that limit women’s decision-making power.
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Harmful practices are being challenged using evidence and rights based approaches. Practices like Female Genital Mutilation are declining in Kenya due to grassroots feminist advocacy, education, and policy enforcement. #BeyondAfricanValues
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Reclaiming culture protects, rather than erases, African identity. Pre-colonial African societies often had women in positions of influence, showing gender equity is not foreign. #BeyondAfricanValues
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