Poor occupational safety and health practices at work cost almost 3.94% of global GDP each year. Women represent over 40 percent of the global workforce, or 1.2 billion out of the global total of 3 billion workers, yet the specific hazards to women are not given sufficient attention.  The discussion on occupational safety and health standards previously focused on dangerous jobs, in sectors dominated by male workers. With more and more women in the workforce today, gender specific issues and the different effects on work related risks on women are critical to keeping women safe.  

Join Ebby Weyime as she breaks down the specific challenges women face at work, how provision of sanitation in the workplace and access to menstrual hygiene products can increase productivity and quality of life at work for women across different sectors.  

Ebby Weyime is the founder of The Grace Cup, an anti- bacterial, eco-friendly menstrual cup. She is a certified menstrual hygiene trainer and a reproductive health advocate. She works with girls and women training them on reusable period products i.e menstrual cups and cloth pads. She is also a former model and actor who was based in Cape Town- South Africa for 6 years before moving back to Kenya to found The Grace Cup. She is passionate about our young girls and works to empower them in their choices. You can follow her work - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFCf... 

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The third and final instalment of our conversation with Catherine Kiama, Wambui on Feminist Leadership. In this segment Wambui tells us why feminists deserve sunshine and custom BMWs.  

About Wambui Catherine Kiama (Wambui), is passionate about the law and in addressing social injustices that especially affect adolescent girls and women globally. She is currently Director of Programs at She’s the First; a global organization that supports solutions to educate and empower girls and  strengthen communities where those girls are able to flourish. She previously served as a Grant Manager at the Nike Foundation supporting the Girl Effect Movement in Portland- Oregon and as a Program Manager at Akili Dada, a leadership incubator for girls and women in Africa. Wambui holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of London and is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. You can follow her on Twitter @kate_kiama   

Swaiba Podcast is a product of Usawa Inc, an organisation that works with women (and stakeholders) in their work environments towards co-creating equitable and decent workplaces. Follow @swaibapodcast on all social media 

Part 2 of our conversation with  Catherine Kiama or Wambui as she’s commonly known to talk about what it means to be a feminist leader, mentoring young women and why feminists really need their flowers!  

This segment is all about flower girls, tokenism and women's representation. Part 3 coming soon!

About Wambui Catherine Kiama (Wambui), is passionate about the law and in addressing social injustices that especially affect adolescent girls and women globally. She is currently Director of Programs at She’s the First; a global organization that supports solutions to educate and empower girls and  strengthen communities where those girls are able to flourish. She previously served as a Grant Manager at the Nike Foundation supporting the Girl Effect Movement in Portland- Oregon and as a Program Manager at Akili Dada, a leadership incubator for girls and women in Africa. Wambui holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of London and is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. You can follow her on Twitter @kate_kiama   Swaiba Podcast is a product of Usawa Inc, an organisation that works with women (and stakeholders) in their work environments towards co-creating equitable and decent workplaces.  Follow @swaibapodcast on all social media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/swaibapodcast​​​Twitter: https://twitter.com/swaibapodcast​​​Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/swaibapodca​...

In Episode 2 of Swaiba Podcast, we sit down with Catherine Kiama or Wambui as she’s commonly known, to talk about what it means to be a feminist leader, mentoring young women and why feminists really need their flowers!

We’ll be sharing the conversation in 3 parts across this week. First up we’ll be speaking on feminist mentorship and preparing girls for leadership.

About Wambui

Catherine Kiama (Wambui), is passionate about the law and in addressing social injustices that especially affect adolescent girls and women globally. She is currently Director of Programs at She’s the First; a global organization that supports solutions to educate and empower girls and  strengthen communities where those girls are able to flourish. She previously served as a Grant Manager at the Nike Foundation supporting the Girl Effect Movement in Portland- Oregon and as a Program Manager at Akili Dada, a leadership incubator for girls and women in Africa. Wambui holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of London and is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. You can follow her on Twitter @kate_kiama

Why do most peace and security interventions targeting “youth” prioritize young men, leaving young women out?   

Swaiba Podcast sits down with Wevyn Muganda, a human rights activist from Mombasa, Kenya to discuss the role that young women play, the obstacles to their inclusion and visions for the future.

About the Speakers  

Wevyn Muganda is a human rights activist from Mombasa, Kenya. She currently works with Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) as Cora Weiss Peacebuilding Fellow.  Through her blog, ‘Beyond the Lines’, she is changing and disrupting the narratives of violent extremism through raising awareness and educating the online community on how to enhance peace and security. In 2019, she received the ‘She Can’ award for her outstanding work in advancing human rights and increasing access to justice for women affected by violence. She co-led Mutual Aid Kenya, a Covid-19 response initiative that supported communities in informal settlements of Mombasa and Nairobi .  She is part of UNDP’s Global Youth Program ‘16x16’ that supports 16 activists from all over the world in advancing SDG 16. She also serves in the Advisory Board for Mombasa Women Social Justice Centre.    

Nyambura Mundia is Gender Expert specializing in Women Empowerment and Work rights. She is the Founder and a Lead Convener Women Leaders’ Hangout (WLH) which is a creative women led-entity that seeks to host quarterly events that focus on women and career mobility.  She has an exemplary record in Youth and Women Advocacy around pertinent issues some of which include, countering violent extremism, gender/ sex based violence, climate resilience and most recently employment.   Nyambura is committed to initiatives that are aimed towards ending retrogressive cultures and social norms that promote violence against women and girls, and also hinder women from taking up leadership positions.  

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