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Kenya Faces Hurdles in Boosting Female Scientists

By Fredrick Nzwili ● Health & Science ● February 20, 2007

Kenya has been opening its school doors to more women and creating strategies to spur their interest in math and science. As numbers change slowly, advocates are realizing they face a stubborn foe. Fifth in a series on higher education in Africa.

Kenya's Fast Women Are Also Off-Track Champions

By Fredrick Nzwili ● Arts & Culture ● October 24, 2006

Frequent stars of the New York City marathon and other racing events, Kenyan women are also champions off the track. Tegla Loroupe fights female genital mutilation. Lornah Kiplagat trains runners. Ruth Waithera saves street children.

Influence of Kenyan Female Leaders Felt in Somalia

By Fredrick Nzwili ● Employment ● November 17, 2005

As Millie Odhiambo joins a spirited effort to turn back Kenya's Nov. 21 constitutional referendum, women struggling for greater political representation in Somalia take heart from her example. Seventh in a series on emerging female leaders in Africa.

Southern Sudan Peace Plan Ignites Women's Hopes

By Fredrick Nzwili ● Uncategorized ● January 13, 2005

Human rights groups say Sudan's north-south peace accord could be better on women's rights. But women who have been living in exile and marginalized by the 21-year civil war are still celebrating. They say a window of opportunity has just opened.

In Africa, FGM Checks into Hospitals

By Fredrick Nzwili ● Crime & Law ● December 5, 2004

Traditional practitioners of FGM in Africa have begun to back out of the business. That doesn't mean it is over. Now many female teens are checked into hospitals under the pretext of an illness and a doctor performs the illegal procedure.

Kenya's Female Runners Race for the Spotlight

By Fredrick Nzwili ● Uncategorized ● August 28, 2003

Long-distance running in Kenya has long been associated with men, but in the past few years, women have started to make strides.

New Ritual Replaces Female Genital Mutilation

By Fredrick Nzwili ● Crime & Law ● April 8, 2003

Female genital mutilation rites are beginning to be replaced by an alternative rite of passage in Kenya known as “Cutting Through Words.” The new ritual includes a week of seclusion and lessons on adult life.

Women's Soccer Teams Skyrocket in Kenya

By Fredrick Nzwili ● Uncategorized ● January 31, 2003

Once a sport restricted to men, soccer is slowly picking up among young women in Kenya. When the country's soccer federation launched a women's league, it quickly attracted a dozen teams.

Women Candidates in Kenya Assaulted, Under-Funded

By Fredrick Nzwili ● Uncategorized ● December 27, 2002

Kenyan women running for Parliament hope today's general elections will prove more positive than the campaign season itself, which has been marked by beatings of female candidates, power plays and a lack of funds for women politicians.

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