Plight of Women Working in the Transport Industry During COVID-19 Survey Report A survey by Flone Initiative conducted in June 2020, dubbed: Implications of COVID-19 on Women Professionals in the Kenya Public Transport Sector, has revealed that 52% of women in the matatu sector have lost their jobs as a result of matatu owners closing down their business due to restrictions imposed to contain COVID-19.
Call for Participants: Challenging Patriarchy Virtual Book Club Call Call for Participants: Challenging Patriarchy Virtual Book Club
After the Corona Pandemic is over Farmers should continue using Protective Equipment Article Agriculture is one of the most hazardous occupations in Kenya. Farmers are exposed to many toxic chemicals such as pesticides. While pesticides are designed to be used for pests, they have ingredients that are highly toxic to human health.
“The Pandemic Is Deepening the Divide" Interview For the highly indebted developing countries, the corona pandemic accelerates the debt crisis. An interview with Barbara Unmüßig from the Board of the Heinrich Böll Foundation about the latest developments.
“The Pandemic Is Deepening the Divide" Interview For the highly indebted developing countries, the corona pandemic accelerates the debt crisis. An interview with Barbara Unmüßig from the Board of the Heinrich Böll Foundation about the latest developments.
Law Society of Kenya on the COVID-19 State Curfew Article On 25 March 2020, President Uhuru Kenyatta issued a nationwide dusk-to-dawn curfew (7pm-5am), exempting 13 groups of workers offering essential services in order to contain the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya. Incidences of police brutality while enforcing the curfew were reported across Kenya.
Prof. Wangari Maathai - A Birthday Tribute In Memory of Africa’s Most Famous Green Politician Article Prof. Wangari Maathai would have celebrated her 80th Birthday today, April 1, 2020. Together with the global social and “green” movements, we remember one of our Heroines and pay tribute to our Green Icon, the Kenyan 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate and winner of the Petra-Kelly Prize of Heinrich Boell Foundation. Fredrick Njau
State Capture: On Kenya’s Inability to Fight Corruption Article In May last year, the Africa Centre for Open Governance (AfriCOG) published State Capture – Inside Kenya’s Inability to Fight Corruption, a report that hit the country like a meteor. Perspectives spoke to Gladwell Otieno, AfriCOG’s director and long-time anti-corruption campaigner, about what motivated them to take a fresh view in the analysis of corruption, and what this means for civil-society action.
The latest Issue of Perspectives is out! New Publication This edition was compiled by Heinrich Böll Foundation’s North Africa and the Transform Africa project. It is dedicated to the emerging conversation of alternative approaches that challenge the historical bias towards the industrialisation of agriculture and the food system as the main strategy to address food insecurity while preparing for a +2°C world.
Plastic Atlas demonstrates scale of plastic pollution crisis and solutions for a zero waste future New Publication A world without plastic pollution is a vision worth fighting for. The Plastic Atlas provides facts and figures about a world full of plastics.
