Ep. 135: A conversation with fellow Wanjiku Ngugi and Nerima Were about sexual and reproductive health and rights

Happy International Women's Day! We are releasing this week's episode today in celebration, featuring an interview given by one of our non-resident fellows: Wanjiku Ngugi. Wanjiku's interview with Nerima Were is about women's rights in Africa and sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Nerima Were is the deputy executive director at the Kenya Legal & Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS (KELIN). She was formerly a program manager of KELIN's sexual and reproductive rights thematic area. She is a lawyer and holds masters and undergraduate degrees in law from the University of Pretoria.

Books, Links, & Articles

• Wanjiku Ngugi
• Challenging Patriarchy: The Role of Patriarchy in the Roll-back of Democracy by Nerima Were, Linda Kroeger, Tabitha Saoyo, and others  
• Decolonization and Afro Feminism by Sylvia Tamale      
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini   
• Unbowed by Wangari Maathai 
• Linny Hoo - Gidess Chalamanda    
• "Why Ukrainians are Being Treated Differently than Refugees From Other Countries" by Andrew Limbong 
•  Kelin Kenya 
• Rosebell Kagumire's Twitter   
• Nerima Were's Twitter   

Previous Episodes  We Mentioned 

• Ep. 122- Hear Ufahamu Africa on Migrations: A World on the Move 

Find the books, links, and articles we mentioned in this episode on our website, ufahamuafrica.com.