Kenya: Speaking Out for SRHR - Why Lived Experiences Must Shape Policy and Practice

Kenya: Speaking Out for SRHR - Why Lived Experiences Must Shape Policy and Practice

Nairobi -- Just a month ago, I found myself in a hospital, anxiously waiting for my son to be attended to. As we sat quietly in one of the waiting rooms, an emergency case was wheeled in -- a young woman, barely out of her teens. Her face contorted in visible pain. Her dress was soaked with blood, which had begun to pool beneath the wheelchair and trickle onto the floor.

Speaking Out for SRHR: Why Lived Experiences Must Shape Policy and Practice

The Commission on Population and Development (2024)By Mary KuiraNAIROBI, May 7 2025 (IPS) Just a month ago, I found myself in a hospital, anxiously waiting for my son to be attended to. As we sat quietly in one of the waiting rooms, an emergency case was wheeled in — a young woman, barely out of her teens. Her face contorted in visible pain. Her dress was soaked with blood, which had begun to pool beneath the wheelchair and trickle onto the floo…