On 28th October, 2011, I will pay homage to Mama Wangari Maathai, and to her determination to make the world a more peaceful, healthier place. On 28th October, 2011, I will honour Mama Wangari Maathai by doing that which she loved most; planting trees. On 28th October, 2011, I will begin to … [Read more...]
Did you know that for many girls in Kenya, sanitary pads are an unaffordable luxury? Many girls miss many days of school because without pads, their monthly periods immobilise them. Others resort to recycling disposable pads or using handkerchiefs, or tissues or pieces of mattress. As if this … [Read more...]
On the 28th of February 2011 at 1pm many Kenyans united to sing all three verses of our beautiful and powerful National Anthem. 1pm, 1 nation, 1 people, 1 anthem, united in 1 prayer for 1 Kenya We had no agenda other than to sing the national anthem and to unite with other Kenyans to do … [Read more...]
See more Kenya28Feb videos here. Record a video telling Kenya why you support Kenya28Feb and send it to unite@28feb.co.ke for upload onto the official Kenya28Feb YouTube channel. Alternatively, upload it onto your YouTube channel and use the tag Kenya28Feb … [Read more...]
On the 28th of February 2011 at 1pm Kenyans will unite to sing all three verses of our beautiful and powerful National Anthem. On the 28th February 2011 the world will watch as Kenyans stand UNITED; 1pm, 1 nation, 1 people, 1 anthem, united in 1 prayer for 1 Kenya. Visit the Kenya28Feb … [Read more...]
Mary the Night Nurse has been a stripper and a sex worker since 2005. She is a mother of four. Her body is her office. Mary and her children face discrimination every day because of her job. Her clients, she says are the same people who talk down to her in public, degrade her and accuse … [Read more...]
On 17th December, 2010, Dec17Kenya organisers addressed a press conference at the Sarakasi Dome to talk about the importance of marking the International day To End Violence Against Sex Workers. In this video, Zawadi Nyong'o dispels the myth that all sex workers are vectors of disease … [Read more...]
photos by Mentalacrobatics and Harvesttone The programme at Sarakasi Dome began with a press conference addressed by the organisers of Dec17Kenya. The place was filled to capacity. Speakers, who included Zawadi Nyong'o and Esther Passaris, talked about basic human rights, workers … [Read more...]
photos by Mentalacrobatics. Today is the International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers. It was created by Dr. Annie Sprinkle in 2003 as a day to raise awareness of the violence in sex work and to highlight the discrimination that sex workers face. The day is observed globally on … [Read more...]
I have been trying to read up on conditions and opinions surrounding sex work and the feminist movement. Talk about a divergence of opinions regarding prostitution! Some people consider prostitution yet another form of male dominance of women and a consequence of poverty, which women unwillingly … [Read more...]
I was born on the 16th of August. I am an erratic genius.I love heels. I weigh 54kg on a good day.
I am a wife and an entrepreneur. I own Inspire Harvest.
I think on my feet and have an insatiable curiosity. I am a schemer but not a traitor.
I love earth tones and hate pink. Except my P4- Pontius Pilate the Pink Puppy
Please write to me on: nekesa@harvesttone.com
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