Kenya
In Kenya, AJWS defends communities' access to land, water and other natural resources that are being exploited by irresponsible development projects. AJWS grantees also work to end violence and discrimination against — and create opportunities for — Kenyan women, girls and LGBTQI+ people.
“The queerest space in Nairobi”: LGBTQI+ activists create safe space in Kenya
For years, I spent the High Holidays in Fire Island. Beginning in the mid-1920s, this…
Everything we have comes from this land: How an Indigenous Kenyan community is fighting for their future
It’s a relentlessly sunny day in Isiolo County, Kenya, and a few hundred villagers are…
During Kenya’s Longest Drought in Living Memory, A Lifeline for Struggling Families
Mohamad Mohamud lives in Garissa County — a remote, arid region of Kenya that spans…
The Struggle to Simply Be Ourselves: Meet the Kenyan LGBTQI+ Activists Fighting Fear with Joy
In Kenya, LGBTQI+ people are constantly under threat — from police who extort and abuse…
Unity is Our Strength: Inside Kenya’s Growing Movement of Indigenous Leaders
Myriad challenges plague Kenya’s Indigenous communities. The effects of climate change have hit them hard.