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5 Times the E-Pill Can Fail You— What Kenyan Women Must Know
July 28, 2025
Boarding Schools Are Failing Our Girls: Inside the Growing Crisis of Sexual Harrassment in Kenyan Girls’ Schools
July 25, 2025
Think the Alliance High School Teacher Sexual Abuse Case Was an Isolated Incident? Think Again.
July 21, 2025
We did it, We Hit 100,000 Signatures! Now Let’s Make Femicide a Crime in Kenya
July 10, 2025
The Price of Faith: How Money is Reshaping the Modern Church in Kenya
July 9, 2025
What Will It Take for the UN to Act? – Kenyan Female Activist Faridah Ally Asks in the Geneva Forum
July 8, 2025
Brenda’s Weight Loss Journey: A Story of Discipline, Commitment, and Female Power”
July 5, 2025
Yes, You Can Have a Safe Vaginal Birth After a C-Section
July 5, 2025
Kisii Horror: Man Burns Wife’s Body, Cooks Her Flesh, Feeds It to Children — Villagers Burn Him Alive
July 4, 2025
Behind the Facade: The Untold Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth
July 4, 2025
I Asked Women on My Contact What they Loved Most about Being Women. The Top Answer Will Shock You.
July 3, 2025
Read this Before Applying to Study in Australia to Avoid Rogue Conmen Posing as International Education Agents
June 24, 2025
Men are Polygamous in Nature; Women are Hypergamous in Nature
June 20, 2025
Daddie Marto’s Response to His Wife Koku Lwanga’s Accusations and What this means for The Contemporary Woman.
June 17, 2025
Koku Lwanga Hits Rock-Bottom and Exposes her Husband—Daddie Marto—for Cheating, Emotional, physical, and Emotional Abuse.
June 16, 2025
The Evolution of the Contemporary Woman: A Reflection and Fresh Start
June 16, 2025
5 Major Benefits of Self-Discipline that Prove It is Exactly What the Contemporary Woman Needs to Succeed   
March 27, 2024
5 Key Tips to Foster Self-Discipline for The Contemporary Woman—The Bonus Tip is the Secret  
March 26, 2024
 7 Major Signs of Blocked Feminine Energy in the Contemporary Woman
March 25, 2024
Are you a Single Mother or a Single Woman?
March 21, 2024
What is Post Separation Abuse? What are the Various Post separation Abuse Tactics?
March 19, 2024
The Phases of the Menstrual Cycle, their Impacts on Women’s Moods and Emotions and How Best to Deal with them.
May 25, 2023
10 Things Mothers Really Want for Mother’s Day: Celebrating the Unconditional Love
May 14, 2023
Are you feeling Evil for being Jealous? Jealousy is not just a Normal Feeling, but Could be the Feeling that Makes You
May 12, 2023
The Father’s Day that was
June 20, 2022
How Old were You When You When You got Your First Periods? (The Menstrual Month of May)
June 1, 2022
The Untold Thorny Matrix of Motherhood
May 17, 2022
The Contemporary Woman
Happy Mother’s Day to the Contemporary Woman! Happy Birthday to Me 😊
May 8, 2022
The Most Toxic Person in Your life Can be Yourself-and so Can Your Biggest Fan!
May 6, 2022
My Mother’s Story Part Two: Getting Help
February 25, 2022
My Mother’s Story Part One: Finding Help
February 23, 2022
Boy If this Skirt Could Hear (and Talk)
February 13, 2022
They Say the More The Merrier; Could that Apply to a Wedding too?
January 6, 2022
How was My 2021 you Ask? 🤔
December 31, 2021
Unlearning, and Relearning the Definition of a “Broken Home”
December 6, 2021
Is Eating the Placenta the Solution to Postnatal Healing?
December 2, 2021
Childbirth is Rosy, but Roses have Thorns too ;(
November 27, 2021
Ladies, We Might Be Part of the Problem :(
November 25, 2021
These Women Need Compassion, Not Judgement
November 17, 2021
The Beautiful and Complex Nature of Female Relationships
November 16, 2021
Which is the oddest place/way you have made a friend? I’ll go first.
October 28, 2021
I am My Mother’s Daughter
October 21, 2021
Something to Take Away from Netflix’s “Maid”
October 16, 2021
Thank You Pulse Live Kenya Awards
October 12, 2021
October is Offering you a Job: You Should Accept It!
October 10, 2021
How to Dream at Night Like a Pro (A Complete Guide).
October 4, 2021
The Story of “Mami”; Trust Me, You Will Love Her.
October 2, 2021
A Train of Good Deeds in a Bus
September 25, 2021
The Graduation Party That Freed Me.
September 20, 2021
When Is it the Right Time to Leave? (A Happy Ending).
September 14, 2021
Am I Raising My Kid Well? (I Think I Have the Receipts).
September 8, 2021
It’s Time to Separate Religion from Marriage; if You Haven’t Already
September 5, 2021
Am I Becoming a Housewife? (The Story of A Personal Struggle).
September 1, 2021
What It Means to be a Strong Woman (A Personal Story).
August 30, 2021
The Twisted Path of Writing About the Contemporary Woman
August 24, 2021
Don’t Ask this Question-When are you getting Pregnant?
June 9, 2021
My 24th Year
May 14, 2021
Posted in2025 Family Planning Reproductive Health

5 Times the E-Pill Can Fail You— What Kenyan Women Must Know

Emergency contraception, commonly known as the morning-after pill, is arguably the most commonly used form of emergency contraception. This explains the famous slang name, “P2,” which is Postinor-2, the most…
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Posted by Nyambura Macharia July 28, 2025
Posted in2025 Activism News

Boarding Schools Are Failing Our Girls: Inside the Growing Crisis of Sexual Harrassment in Kenyan Girls’ Schools

On Monday, 21st July, Our Lady of Mercy Girls Secondary School in Shauri Moyo was shut down abruptly at 4 am. Parents received stern calls from the teachers to go…
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Posted by Nyambura Macharia July 25, 2025
Posted in2025 Contemporary Women Stories Grooming

Think the Alliance High School Teacher Sexual Abuse Case Was an Isolated Incident? Think Again.

A week ago, Africa Uncensored released a very disturbing exposé related to grooming and sexual abuse by a teacher from Alliance High School. I first saw the story being discussed…
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Posted by Nyambura Macharia July 21, 2025
Posted in2025 Activism Female Issues

We did it, We Hit 100,000 Signatures! Now Let’s Make Femicide a Crime in Kenya

Femicide—the targeted killing of women and girls solely because of their gender—has increasingly grown into a cancer that requires extreme and diverse approaches to deal with in Kenya. I say…
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Posted by Nyambura Macharia July 10, 2025
Posted in2025 Religion Trending

The Price of Faith: How Money is Reshaping the Modern Church in Kenya

At the beginning of the week, President Ruto received extreme criticism and hate after he announced that he was building a Kshs1.2 billion church in the statehouse. Outside of being…
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Posted by Nyambura Macharia July 9, 2025
Posted in2025 Activism Contemporary Women You Should Know

What Will It Take for the UN to Act? – Kenyan Female Activist Faridah Ally Asks in the Geneva Forum

Our country has been going through adverse political instability as the Kenyan youth fights the government against corruption, high taxation, unemployment, and multiple other forms of injustice. What started last…
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Posted by Nyambura Macharia July 8, 2025
Posted inLife Me Strange Dreams

How to Dream at Night Like a Pro (A Complete Guide).

Sometime last month, I had a very unique dream—the kind I would definitely look for an interpreter if I ever heard of one. I wanted to write about it, but…
Posted by Nyambura Macharia October 4, 2021
The Story of “Mami”; Trust Me, You Will Love Her.
Posted inContemporary Women Stories Family Friends

The Story of “Mami”; Trust Me, You Will Love Her.

My mother has been admitted to Top Hill hospital in Eldoret since Thursday last week. I could have written that my mother and I have been admitted, but that would…
Posted by Nyambura Macharia October 2, 2021
Posted inLife My 24th Year Series

A Train of Good Deeds in a Bus

"The world is full of nice people. If you can't find one, be one." NISHAN pANWAR This quote has been so overused that it sounds just like a mere cliche.…
Posted by Nyambura Macharia September 25, 2021
Posted inUncategorized

The Graduation Party That Freed Me.

 On 8th December 2017, I graduated from Egerton University, Njoro, with a bachelor’s degree in Agribusiness Management. Honestly, it was one of the happiest days of my life. Even more…
Posted by Nyambura Macharia September 20, 2021
When Is it the Right Time to Leave? (A Happy Ending).
Posted inFemale Issues Friends Marriage

When Is it the Right Time to Leave? (A Happy Ending).

During my 24th year, I made the first female friend after finishing campus; I might even say, the first lady friend I drew out of “life”. By this I mean,…
Posted by Nyambura Macharia September 14, 2021
Posted inFamily Motherhood

Am I Raising My Kid Well? (I Think I Have the Receipts).

Leroy after a long day at work (school). As you know, I have just resumed writing and posting content on my blog. I had not done any creative writing or…
Posted by Nyambura Macharia September 8, 2021
Posted inFemale Issues Marriage

It’s Time to Separate Religion from Marriage; if You Haven’t Already

Today, being a Sunday, I want to address a practice involving religion that I find to be incredibly archaic; and I believe the contemporary woman should not undergo. Disclaimer: I…
Posted by Nyambura Macharia September 5, 2021
Posted inCareer Female Issues Me

Am I Becoming a Housewife? (The Story of A Personal Struggle).

One of my greatest fears is becoming or being labelled a "housewife." In this era, as women, we grew up being constantly reminded that there is more to life than…
Posted by Nyambura Macharia September 1, 2021
Posted inFamily Marriage Me

What It Means to be a Strong Woman (A Personal Story).

You know what they say that when you get a wife, you get a good thing? Or that the best decision a man can make is to marry a good…
Posted by Nyambura Macharia August 30, 2021
Posted inMe

The Twisted Path of Writing About the Contemporary Woman

Trying to establish a career as a blogger is more complicated than I ever imagined. I have always wished to engage my audience as authentically as possible so that many…
Posted by Nyambura Macharia August 24, 2021
Posted inUncategorized

Don’t Ask this Question-When are you getting Pregnant?

You know that famous phrase that says, “ Women are their own worst enemies?” That has to be one of the most relatable  phrases I have ever heard.  As a…
Posted by Nyambura Macharia June 9, 2021
My 24th Year
Posted inMe My 24th Year Series

My 24th Year

My 24th year is the year I fully blossomed into an adult!
Posted by Nyambura Macharia May 14, 2021

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