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Fellows @soinaleboo & @GretchenWalch speak to Kenyan friends about moving out of the country to live abroad. Does going abroad automatically make you successful? And what are the other myths that Kenyan people may believe about what it means to go abroad?
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ALT Planes on a tarmac in Kenya
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@samuelmunana1 teaching our medical students the Rwandan Sign language.
@ughe_org is training the next generation of medical professionals who will radically change the way health care is delivered around the world!
#healthequity
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.@WambuiKamiru is a Kenyan artist and historian whose work addresses themes of otherhood, cultural expression, womanhood, and memory activism. She joins our fellow @RaouiNgugi this week to tell us more!
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ALT Wambui Kamiru
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Vulture culture is the practice of stealing something, rebranding it, then selling or forcing it back onto the people it was stolen from. In today's episode, fellows @zamo_podcast ask: How does this dynamic manifest today in music, religion, and more?
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Our guest Fatuma Sarah, takes us through her experience of getting a Kenyan national ID and feeling less than a Kenyan for the first time in her life.
@UfahamuAfrica @GretchenWalch @soinaleboo
#zamopodcast
Our guest Khan, expounds on some Kenyan traits, and speaks of her close Kikuyu neighbors and community even as someone from an Indian background @UfahamuAfrica @zamo_podcast
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Really excited to share our latest @UfahamuAfrica episode, featuring non-resident fellows @soinaleboo and @GretchenWalch. They discuss "foreignness" in Kenya. What are the markers of belonging? For example, how does language and even accent shape how you identify?
Listen now: Ep. 138!
Fellows Soinato Leboo and Gretchen Walch talk to 4 friends and acquaintances about their experiences of both belonging and otherness in #Kenya. Each of their perspectives were unique, but converged in their hopes for Kenya’s future.
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ALT Soinato Leboo and Gretchen Walch
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Listen now: Ep. 138!
Fellows Soinato Leboo and Gretchen Walch talk to 4 friends and acquaintances about their experiences of both belonging and otherness in #Kenya. Each of their perspectives were unique, but converged in their hopes for Kenya’s future.
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ALT Soinato Leboo and Gretchen Walch
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This March 16th, 5PM CAT, #UGHE’s Center for Gender Equity continues celebrating #WomensMonth with an Instagram Live on “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow", with Leila Dusabe, One Health Center Research Assistant, and Gretchen Walch, MGHD'22 Student - GSRH Track
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A3b. Invest in actualizing national action plans to #EndFGM including enforcement of laws criminalizing FGM #UGHEendFGM #InvestDontRest
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A3. Accelerate investment to ensure that girls that are at risk & survivors of #FGM have access to SRH services including education and medical assistance and that they are protected against further violation #UGHEendFGM #InvestDontRest
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A2a. Strong and comprehensive normative and institutional frameworks on gender equality and women and girls’ rights @_AfricanUnion, one that continues to evolve, including the #SaleemaInitiative @BornSaleema on eliminating #FGM #UGHEendFGM
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A2c. Attitudes towards the elimination of FGM are changing among younger generations, who are shaping gender norms (UNICEF) #UGHEendFGM
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A2. Progress has been made in the adoption of regional and international human rights instruments to #EndFGM, although, implementation remains a challenge #UGHEendFGM
