Gender based violence during this Covid-19 pandermic

Teenagers face real challenges during the ages of 13 and 19. During this time they are exposed to a lot of external and internal struggles that determine the decisions. It is also the period where they go through a lot especially on coping with hormonal changes, puberty, social and parental pressures, school pressures, as well as encountering many conditions. Many teens feel misunderstood as they experience issues that their parents/guardians are not aware of . It is vital that their feelings and thoughts are validated and that the validation comes from their parents. Here are some of the struggles that teens in Kenya face. Self Esteem This is one of the most common problems that affect teens as they hit puberty. When their bodies start changing, they also begin comparing themselves with their peers and what they see on social media. This in turn creates pressure on what they wear, how they speak and how they look causing a low self esteem.    Menstruation This is the time that your te

  Kenya is experiencing an acute shortage of Antiretroviral  (ARV) drugs which has hit public hospitals, greatly affecting people living with HIV/Aids. The shortage comes just months after the World Health Organization (WHO) said nearly 70 countries were at risk of running out of HIV/Aids drugs due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has interrupted supplies. Now persons with HIV are having to endure reduced doses, with children and unborn babies particularly poised to suffer the most from a Sh90 million tax stand-off between Kenya and a US importer of ARVs, USAID. The Government has focussed too much on issues if covid -19 forgetting that as citizens we have other issues which are far much important. I am not saying that corona is not important and emergency but the government need to come up with ways of balancing and ensuring that every situation is handles. As Kenyans we have problems such as poverty, teenage pregnancies, earl marriages, female genital mutilation, wife inheritance,depend