Kenya Network of Women and Girls with Disabilities

Why the toilet? You might be tempted to ask. For others, it may not be the first place that comes to mind when they leave home; when they meet someone in a hotel; in a school, a public place, literally everywhere the toilet is found. But for many women with disabilities, the toilet becomes an extremely important place. It is a place where a woman with a disability’s dignity is upheld; or it is the place where her dignity is stripped away, completely. Not just any toilet. But an accessible toilet.  How did this conversation actually start? Remember a while back we wrote about Jane who had travelled for over 15 hours but because there was no cabin wheelchair inflight, using the toilet became one of her worst nightmares. She was asked, ‘must you use the toilet?’  Read here: https://advocacynetwork.blogspot.com/2025/07/flying-as-woman-with-disability-and.html This time round, this is how it began. Rose narrated about this man who was a guide to his wife who is blind and had to get...

With the support of Womankind Worldwide through the  Her Voice Fund (Cycle 4), at the network level, we collectively marked this year’s 16 Days of Activism against GBV across different countries where our members are situated.  Our member, Mildred Omino, co-authored a powerful blog that speaks to these realities.  With the global theme , “ End Digital Violence Against All Women and Girls,”   we remain alert that digital spaces, once envisioned as platforms for empowerment, are increasingly becoming sites of harassment, cyberbullying, surveillance, exploitation, and exclusion.  Women and girls with disabilities face even higher risks due to intersecting discrimination.R ead the full article on this link:  https://yoursay.plos.org/2025/12/no-woman-left-behind-ending-digital-violence-against-women-and-girls-with-disabilities/ Here is an excerpt: While TFGBV affects women globally, women and girls with disabilities are disproportion...