2021 in Trauma Awareness Review

In 2021 the most important we put on the Kenyan map was ACEs – Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adverse Community Experiences. Demystify the ACEs, we spoke brought up many difficult and controversial discussions we have avoided as adults. Below are 5 of those:

1. Parenting and the lifelong effects of different kinds of parenting
2. Religion and the long term effects of religion that lacks empathy & spirituality
3. Patriarchy and Misogyny and their long-term effects on community – Both men and women
4. Education and Teachers, their history, their value and their long-term effects on society
5. “To Marry or not to Marry” and the effects of that decision on an individual and the community … More 2021 in Trauma Awareness Review

Femicide in Kenya signals a Resistance to Change

Kenya is a deeply traditional and patriarchal society. In patriarchy, we create misogyny – where men think they are better than women, stronger than women, smarter than women, deserve more than women. Entitled. In a society where many women are marching towards equality and equity, the female becomes the male’s enemy number 1. And women easily turn against each other when the male gaze rests on them. Men are in agreement that women are not as they used to be; and some women are trying to help in keeping women in the roles they always held – but are they also in agreement about how to deal with it? … More Femicide in Kenya signals a Resistance to Change