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In The News
2024
March 8, 2024 • Expresso
Kakenya Negotiated With Her Father That She Would Undergo Genital Mutilation if She Could Study: "I Think, Deep Down, I Have Always Been a Feminist"
February 6, 2024 • TIME
I Survived Female Genital Mutilation. Here's How to End it Once and For All
January 5, 2024 • Africa Global News
Fearless FGM Survivor Changed Community’s Perspective on the Place of Women in Society
2023
May 19, 2023 • Prime Progress
From Female Genital Mutilation Survivor to Champion of Girls' Education in Kenya
April 14, 2023 • Kenyans
Creative Photo of Kenyan Girls Wins Sony World Photography Awards
March 8, 2023 • TIME
Amal Clooney, Melinda French Gates, and Michelle Obama Share 3 Ways to Help End Child Marriage
2022
September 28, 2022 • Vogue
Lee-Ann Olwage Enlightens the Disparity of Girls’ Education in Kenya
March 16, 2022 • Global Citizen
I Survived Female Genital Mutilation — Now, I Fight to Ensure No Other Girl has to Suffer
January 24, 2022 • GatesNotes: The Blog of Bill Gates
Her Dream is Freedom for Women and Girls
2021
December 1, 2021 • Global Citizen
6 Kenyan Public Figures Calling for the Protection of Women and Girls
October 13, 2021 • CNN African Voices
This Kenyan Activist Says Her CNN Hero Award Helped Reduce Early Marriages in Her Community
March 16, 2021 • Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
How COVID-19 Threatens Education for Girls in Kenya
2020
November 6, 2020 • Marymount University News
Challenger of Female Oppression in Kenya Speaks at Marymount Virtual Event
August 12, 2020 • The Telegraph
COVID-19 is a Crossroads for Education – We Must Use this Moment to Help Girls Seize Their Futures
August 7, 2020 • CNN
Michelle Obama and Melinda Gates: We Can't Ignore Adolescent Girls in COVID-19 Response
July 8, 2020 • New Security Beat
Against My Will: Harmful Practices Threaten Gender Equality Worldwide
March 6, 2020 • Ms. Magazine
Kakenya’s Dream Makes Education a Reality for Vulnerable Girls in Kenya
March 5, 2020 • ABC News - The World Today
Young Kenyan Women Sent to University in Australia in New Program
March 5, 2020 • The Sydney Morning Herald
Kakenya’s Dream: She Traded Part of Her Body for an Education
2019
October 16, 2019 • Plugged in with Greta Van Susteren
The Worth of a Girl | Child Marriage
June 19, 2019 • Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Educating Girls: Building Kenya's Future
May 18, 2019 • Sydney Morning Herald
Two of Us: The Journey of School Friends from Kenya to Sydney
February 6, 2019 • Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Realizing Kakenya’s Dream: Educating Girls and Ending Female Genital Mutilation
2018
2017
June 1, 2017 • Teen Vogue
Kakenya Ntaiya is Fighting Female Genital Mutilation and Promoting Education Through the Kakenya Center For Excellence
March 3, 2017 • The Sydney Morning Herald
Meet the Maasai Woman who Opened a School and Sparked a Revolution
2016
November 17, 2016 • The Pitt Chronicle
Pitt Alum Kakenya Ntaiya Returns to Tell Her Inspirational Story
November 14, 2016 • Huffington Post
The Power of Collaboration: Lighting Up Rural Schools in Kenya
September 16, 2016 • National Geographic
Bound for Marriage as a Child, Now a Change Agent for Kenyan Girls
August 3, 2016 • Huffington Post
Kakenya Ntaiya: Making Dreams of Education a Reality for Girls Everywhere
February 17, 2016 • CNN
Woman Challenges Female Oppression Educates Girls in Her Kenyan Village
2015
February 24, 2015 • ABC News Australia
Kakenya Ntaiya Exchanged Female Genital Mutilation for an Education, Now Runs a School for Girls in Kenya
2014
2013
October 31, 2013 • National Geographic
Kakenya Ntaiya: Bringing Education to Kenya's Girls
March 7, 2013 • TED Blog
Meet Kakenya Ntaiya, who Worked with Her Elders to Found a School for Girls in her Maasai Village