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Meet Mary: She Is Enough

We are sharing the story of Mary’s rescue from FGM and child marriage in conjunction with our ENOUGH campaign. She is enough reason for all of us to say, “Enough is enough!” Together, we have more than enough resources to eradicate FGM, child marriage, and gender-based violence.

Learn more at flourishkenya.org/enough.

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The View From the Front Lines of the War on Teen Pregnancy

The view from the front lines of the war on teen pregnancy: Community Dialogues dig up buried issues in the interior of Transmara
Recent statistics from the Ministry of Health unveiled a new tragic reality for Kenya: we are now ranked #3 in the WORLD for teen pregnancy. In response, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe stated in a speech given on 14 July 2022, “We must rescue the affected girls and ensure they are taken back to school while building a solid community system that will end these challenges at the County and national levels. The era of looking the other way and letting perpetrators of sexual and gender-based violence walk scot-free must end. Let us have constructive community dialogues that provide solutions.”

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