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A suggested increase in family planning in Kenya may also curb repeat abortions for some women. [22] The 2008-2009 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey uncovered that 43% of women in Kenya who gave birth in the previous five years from when the report was documented communicated the births as "unwanted or mistimed". [23]
When entire communities are forced to move during climate change migration there is a lack of access to lifesaving sexual and reproductive health services and programs. [24] Migrant and refugee women face the risk of rape, unwanted pregnancy, and unsafe abortion. [25] This often leads to further issues of depression and social isolation. [26]
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In the Gambia, the Women's Act 2010 provides for safe abortion if there is a risk to the life of the mother or fetus. Kenya's 2010 constitution, passed by a referendum, permits abortion if there is risk to life or health.
The BMC Public Health inquiry into the use of birth control methods among sexually-active adolescents, surmised that to improve on overall contraceptive-use, "the development of country-specific sexual health education and youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health interventions that target risky adolescents and promote adolescent-parent ...
The modern feminist movement, which took off in the early 1960s and also in the 1970s, gained impetus through the establishment of various organisations such as Maendeleo Ya Wanawake (Women’s Progress) [2] and Kenya Women’s Political Caucus (Kenya Women Parliamentary Association). [3] [4] [5] [6]
Grassroots activism is an important social force in Kenya, especially for women and is not just a modern phenomenon. [28] Campaigns led by Kenya women have included issues such as FGM, women's political participation and gender-based violence. [29] [30] [31] Leading protests can put activists like Wanjeri Nderu at risk of violence. [32]
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