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Kate Karuri is creating dignity and visibility for Kenya’s domestic workers

Kate Karuri is creating dignity and visibility for Kenya’s domestic workers

ESTHER MUSEMBI, BIRD STORY AGENCY KATE Karuri worked as a domestic worker in Kenya for over ten years before calling it a day. But in those ten years, she saw how in-the-home domestic workers (known locally as housemaids, nannies or house helps) were treated by their employers and also noticed the behavioural changes of domestic workers after they were employed. "From my experience, I had noticed a recurrent behavioural and attitude change in domestic workers upon securing employment but I also saw how clients treated their workers when they entered their households. Both were not good," Karuri said. So in…
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Dignity at the end of life: a Malawian nursing study shows the impact of food

Dignity at the end of life: a Malawian nursing study shows the impact of food

WORLD hunger has risen for the third year in a row, with Africa reported to have the highest rate of undernourishment of all regions globally. Africa also bears the greatest burden of HIV, which is linked to food insecurity, and women are disproportionately affected by HIV and food insecurity compared to men. ELIZABETH MKANDAWIRE, Network and Research Manager: ARUA – UKRI GCRF FSNet Africa, University of Pretoria ANNE DRESSEL, Assistant Professor of Global Health, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee LUCY MKANDAWIRE-VALHMU, Associate professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, College of Nursing PENINNAH KAKO, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, Associate Professor, College of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee…
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