04/08/2026
TWL at the Global Mental Health Symposium
Transnzoia Women Leaders Community Based Organization (TWL) participated in a Global Mental Health Symposium powered by Mount Kenya University, bringing together mental health professionals, practitioners and researchers from across the globe.The timely conversation brought together experts from institutions including Virginia State University, with Ambassador Dr. Michelle Boome-Thornton leading the delegation of keynote speakers.
TWL brought a critical perspective to the conversation: the lived realities of mental health from a woman’s perspective and across the entire family ecosystem. We reminded the conversation that mental health is not only a clinical issue. It is deeply connected to women’s everyday realities, trauma, family dynamics, caregiving, economic pressures and the wellbeing of entire communities.
By bringing lived experience into a space dominated by professional and clinical expertise, TWL helped bridge the gap between knowledge and reality—ensuring that women’s voices and experiences remain central to conversations about mental health.The symposium shared valuable knowledge and perspectives, strengthening the case for collaboration between professionals, practitioners, communities and organisations to build more responsive, compassionate and accessible mental health support systems.