Women Collective Kenya

03/07/2026

Women Collective Kenya through the ED Ruth Mumbi today made an application for joinder in a case where Girls First Kenya/Girls First Finance is suing students over alleged unpaid student loans using a mobile phone app.

The students, mostly female from YMCA in Kisumu are from humble backgrounds. WCK alleges in its court fillings that Girls First Kenya employed predatory lending and aggressive collection practices.

These include unfair contracts, oppressive conditions and excessive interest, lack of information on the contract terms, threats and intimidation in debt collection. WCK also alleges that Girls First Kenya did not have the proper license at the time it provided these loans. Girls First Kenya is suing over 700 students and their guardians in Small Claims Courts, especially in Dagorretti.

WCK intends to prove that the actions of Girls First Kenya constitutes Technologically Facilitated Gender Based Violence against marginalized and vulnerable young women from the informal settlements of Kisumu.

WCK conducted fact finding missions in Kisumu and together with Inuka Ni Sisi provided psychosocial support to 50 frontline student leaders working on the issue. In addition, WCK made an Access to Information petition against Girls First Kenya

East Africa Wellness Hub

30/06/2026

Life is so fragile, and some losses feel unreal — like a dream we wish we could wake up from. The thought that a woman so full of life, warmth, and a contagious smile will no longer share her light with us is deeply painful.

At WCK, we have lost not just an ally, but a true sister in solidarity. Mary stood with us in moments when we were still building, when we did not even have an office printer. She opened her space to us, ensuring that our printing, documents, and reports to our funders were always in order. Her kindness was not just in words; it was in the practical ways she showed up and believed in our journey.

When we launched Mama’s Kitchen, Mary was one of the women who truly understood the power of building women — she believed in women’s dreams, supported their hustle, and celebrated their resilience. She carried a generous spirit and a beautiful heart that left a mark on everyone who encountered her.

Today, WCK mourns the loss of a remarkable woman. We hold her children, her husband, her family, and all her friends who loved her in our deepest thoughts and prayers. May they find strength in knowing that Mary’s love, generosity, and impact will continue to live on through the many lives she touched.

Rest in power, Mary. Your smile, kindness, and spirit will remain with us.

26/06/2026

Tomorrow we launch the first conversation with adolescent mothers who were forced to sit for their primary and secondary school examinations while still lying on maternity wards.

With the generous solidarity and support of Womankind Worldwide, we are creating a space for these young mothers to speak their truth, name the harm, and demand the dignity they deserve.

This conversation is long overdue.

For too long, our systems have treated adolescent pregnancy as a punishment — subjecting young mothers to unimaginable trauma, stigma, and institutional neglect. A girl who has just given birth is expected to recover physically, emotionally, and psychologically, yet institutions still demand that she perform academically as if childbirth is an interruption to be ignored rather than a life-changing experience requiring care and protection.

Education systems, examination bodies, health institutions, and policymakers must confront this reality: no girl should be forced to choose between motherhood, recovery, and her right to education.

The trauma imposed on adolescent mothers in the name of examinations must end.

We demand birth justice for adolescent mothers.
We demand special examination arrangements and humane policies for student mothers.
We demand systems that recognize adolescent mothers as students, rights holders, and young people with futures — not as problems to be hidden or punished.

Motherhood is not a punishment.
Dignity is a right.

: Restoring Dignity, Rights and Futures
for Adolescent Mothers

Mama Cash Center for Reproductive Rights African Women's Development Fund Global Fund for Women Feminist for Peace Rights and Justice Centre TICAH @

24/06/2026

As Women Collective Kenya, we were honoured to be part of the First Intergalactic Conference on Resistance Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst — a powerful gathering exploring how communities resist, organize, and create pathways toward liberation.

As the session came to a close, our Executive Director, Ruth Mumbi, reflected during the panel on a truth that continues to guide our work:

Resistance has never only been about what we oppose — it has always been about what we are building in its place.

In moments when civic spaces are shrinking and systems of power continue to deepen inequalities, our response must be rooted in creation — creating spaces where communities heal, where survivors reclaim dignity and power, where women lead, and where care becomes a powerful form of resistance.

Movements are sustained not only by the courage to challenge injustice, but by relationships, solidarity, mutual aid, and the collective imagination to build something different.

At Women Collective Kenya, we believe another world is not only possible — it is already being built through the everyday acts of organizing, caring, resisting, and dreaming together.

The future of resistance is being shaped by communities who refuse to give up. ✊🏾🌍

University of Massachusetts Amherst

20/06/2026

The Women Collective Executive Director Ruth Mumbi is at the University of Massachusetts Amherst as a speaker at the First Intergalactic Conference on Resistance Studies.

Sharing powerful stories of African women’s leadership in grassroots, nonviolent resistance—centered on defending communities, protecting land, and advancing reproductive justice in contexts shaped by deep structural inequalities.

At the heart of this work is collective power, courage, and an unwavering belief that another world is possible when women lead and communities organize.

08/06/2026

Women, bereaved mothers and human rights activists marched through Nairobi on Madaraka Day to protest rising killings and disappearances of women and children.

31/05/2026

⏳ COUNTDOWN TO THE MEMORIAL: NO MADARAKA WITHOUT JUSTICE

The countdown is no longer in days—it is in hours.
Come one, come all. Bring a flower. Bring a toy. Bring a candle. Bring the child within you.

As the nation celebrates Madaraka, we refuse to be silent while families continue searching for their missing children, missing daughters, missing sons, and missing women.

We gather to remember. We gather to mourn. We gather to demand answers.
No Madaraka without Justice.

Every missing child has a name. Every stolen life has a story. Every grieving mother deserves truth.
Join us as we raise our voices and declare:

✊🏾 Stop killing our women.
✊🏾 Stop killing our children.
✊🏾 Bring back our missing loved ones.
✊🏾 Justice delayed is justice denied.

Until every child is safe, until every woman can live free from violence, our struggle continues.


Feminist for Peace Rights and Justice Centre Mama Cash African Women's Development Fund Center for Reproductive Rights Global Fund for Women TICAH Africans Rising Marie Berry Ruth Mumbi The East African Centre for Human Rights - EACHRights Defenders Coalition Usikimye

14/05/2026

03/05/2026

Maternal healthcare is a RIGHT, not a political branding opportunity.

We strongly condemn the use of the Mombasa Governor’s. Abdul Swamad personal image on Mother & Child Health Handbooks meant for prenatal and postnatal care.

These books are sacred tools for birth justice, meant to protect mothers, support safe pregnancies, and uphold the dignity of women and children—not serve as campaign posters.
Birth justice means centering mothers, not politicians.

When a public official places his face on a maternal health handbook, it sends a dangerous message: that women must be grateful to individuals for services that are funded by public taxes and guaranteed by the Constitution. Safe pregnancy, respectful maternity care, and postnatal support are not favors—they are rights.

At a time when women are still being detained in hospitals after giving birth, dying from preventable maternal complications, and facing violence in healthcare spaces, this kind of political self-promotion is insulting and unacceptable.
We reject the personalization of public healthcare. We reject the politicization of women’s bodies. We demand dignity, accountability, and reproductive justice.

Our wombs are not campaign grounds. Maternal care is not a photo opportunity.