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The Horn of Africa Gateway Road Project, in partnership with the Catholic Diocese of Isiolo, has scaled up efforts to combat Gender-Based Violence (GBV) through community sensitization forums and sporting activities along the project corridor. The initiatives target indigenous communities living along the road route, with a focus on promoting women’s rights and raising awareness…

The Isiolo County Gender Technical Working Group, a consortium of state and non-state actors working to eradicate gender-based violence (GBV), has called for the establishment of county referral pathways to better track and manage GBV cases reported in the region. Speaking during a stakeholders’ meeting attended by community women-led organizations working on GBV related issues,…

Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) has trained journalists from Isiolo, Marsabit, Samburu, Mandera, and Wajir on how to effectively engage with and cover women aspirants in their regions. Many women have traditionally avoided the media, while others lack an understanding of how it works and how they can use it to their advantage. Mercy Njoroge…

Authorities and local activists in Garbatula Ward, Isiolo County, have intensified campaigns to curb an anticipated rise in Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) during the December school holidays. Every Girl’s Dream, a community-based organization operating in the region, has been leading awareness caravans and barazas and using local community radio to highlight the health risks and…

Adolescents and young people in Isiolo’s Burat Ward are being engaged in a community-driven campaign aimed at reducing rising cases of teenage and adolescent pregnancies, a program tat is being spearheaded by Merti Integrated Program and Mercy Corps. The initiative, which is being  spearheaded through partnership with  the Ministry of Health in collaboration integrates reproductive…