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A Social Worker's View · 1M ago

Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

World Autism Awareness Day was held earlier this month on the 2nd and some countries around the world mark April as Autism Awareness Month. Some of you may have heard of autism but are not sure as to what exactly it is, who it affects, how it is managed and the like.Autism is one of a group of serio...
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A Social Worker's View · 1M ago

In the Headlines VI

Men facing a crisis of confidence, say experts: This article looks at men in the family, workplace and society having lost confidence.Powerful beyond measure: This is an interview of Sitawa Wafula who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, survived rape and is a mental health youth ambassador.Hello, m...
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A Social Worker's View · 1M ago

Second Class Citizens

Last month I posted a video What Homosexuality Is Not! which was done by filmmaker Ryan James Yezak. He is filming a documentary titled Second Class Citizens and the purpose of the film is to highlight the different areas the LGBTI community is discriminated upon like marriage, education, emplo...
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A Social Worker's View · 2M ago

World Social Work Day 2012

“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope... and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls...
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A Social Worker's View · 2M ago

What Homosexuality Is Not!

With ignorance comes fear - from fear comes bigotry. Education is the key to acceptance. - Kathleen PatelEarlier this week, I shared the above quote on my social network pages to challenge people to educate themselves when it came to LGBTI issues and rights. I say this because so many of us have cho...
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A Social Worker's View · 2M ago

Meet Kate Kamunde

Kate KamundeIntroduce yourself. Who are you? What do you do?My name is Kate Kamunde. I am an activist with the LBT community in Kenya. I work for Artists For Recognition and Acceptance (AFRA-Kenya), an organization of lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LBT) women that advocate for the rights of...
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A Social Worker's View · 2M ago

International Women's Day (IWD)

International Women's Day (IWD) is a day marked globally on March 8th every year. This year's theme is Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures.I came across Global Fund for Women's article on Top 10 Wins for Women's Movements. It's a list of accomplishments in 2011 by different organizations. They inclu...
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A Social Worker's View · 2M ago

The LGBTI Community

Recently, I came across this great magazine and started to read it online, it is called Identity Kenya, it is the voice of Kenya's LGBTIQ and sex work community. For those of you who have followed my blog over the years, this is a group of people I have not addressed. I have nothing against them, I ...
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A Social Worker's View · 3M ago

Male Sex Workers in Kenya

There has been a lot of talk on the social networking sites and blogosphere about commercial sex work in Nairobi and especially after a docu-series on one of the local TV stations about men who have sex with men (MSM) and male sex workers. The series got various reactions from the Kenyan society wit...
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