Nchagwa Matiko (not her real name) is a 17-year-old girl studying in secondary school in form three. She was born without disability in a farming family that lives in Tarime town council. Sadly, at the age of one year and six months, she contracted malaria. During treatment, her right leg was paralysed a few days after receiving an injection. Her parents managed to get further treatment for the leg, but it took three...

Daudi managed to fulfill his dream with the support of his parents. Working with Mazingira FM in Mara Region, he is one of the journalists trained through the “Chaguo Langu Haki Yangu: My Choice My Right” programme, funded by the Government of Finland and implemented by the UNFPA. The training was organized by C-SEMA, a local NGO, to strengthen the media sector through training of journalists to be agents of change t...

Ending gender-based violence and harmful practices Zero gender-based violence and harmful practices. We work with policymakers, justice systems and health systems and engage men and boys to advance gender equality. We protect survivors of gender-based violence by providing a combination of essential services, including in humanitarian crises.  The 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence is an internatio...