Facebook Misinformation Research fellow|PesaCheck| Award-Winning Multimedia Journalist, Guardian News Fellow, Passionate about Women, Children, Education & ICT
Mercy Muthoni was only 18 years old when she discovered that she was pregnant. At the time, she was in Form four, in one of the high schools in Kangemi, Nairobi County.
In May 2 this year, that’s a month and a half ago, I received the most exciting news from the Udacity Google Scholarship Team. The message read like this:
‘Congratulations!
Dear Diana,
These are stories of two young girls I interviewed in my job as a journalist in Kenya. Names have been withheld to protect their identities.
“My father sat me down while I was 12-years-old, in class 6, and told me - ‘My daughter, you are now a grown up girl…
This is the story of a young girl I interviewed in my job as a journalist in Kenya. I have withheld her name to protect her identity.
“When I was 10-years-old, my parents subjected me to female genital mutilation. Little did I know that the practice was meant to usher me…
Why #ItTakesUsAllKE to End Violence Against Children
PICTURE THIS: At the age of 15 your parents have already negotiated your bride price. You’re still in school thinking about books & your dreams in life. Then one evening during the school holidays, you are invited to a room by a few elderly women who came to ‘visit your…