United Women's Council

United Women's Council Whole Woman | Whole Life | Strength & Grace
Mentoring & activating women into clarity, grounded leadership, and inner authority.

Psychology • Personal growth • Emotional maturity • Purpose
Link MUSE Magazine: https://unitedwomenscouncil.org/flips/ The United Women Coalition Trust is a non-profit, membership organization committed to providing a platform for the inspiration and empowerment of women in Kenya and beyond, through promoting opportunities to support, connect and grow women leaders, professionals and in business,

through lobbying, mentoring, networking, strategic alliances, and developing and recognizing excellence in women.

14/06/2026

Let's talk about our boys. 🎥👆

Right now, far too many Kenyan boys are growing up without a father in the home — and even where a father is present, many are absent in the ways that matter.

We are seeing the cost of this everywhere. In our prisons. In our schools. In the way young men are showing up online, looking for identity in all the wrong places because no one showed them who they could be.

This is not about blaming anyone. Most of these mothers are doing everything they can, often alone.

But our boys are waiting. Waiting for men to show up — fathers, uncles, mentors, coaches, elders — and do the work of forming them on purpose.

On 4 July, Jacob Aliet brings this conversation to The Gathering — from reaction to vision, what Kenyan men are building now. Not another conversation about what is wrong with men. A conversation about what men are building for the next generation.

🌿The Gathering
Life in Abundance · Karen · Nairobi
Saturday 4 July · 9AM–3PM

Early bird closes 20 June — KES 5,000
Register at the link in bio 👇 https://unitedwomenscouncil.org/parenting-milestones/

14/06/2026

Something we need to say out loud. 🎥👆

The nuclear family — one mother, one father, four walls, everything on two sets of shoulders — is not African. It arrived with colonialism.

The African family was always communal. Grandparents, both sides. Aunties. Uncles. Older cousins. Neighbours. Elders.

At least twenty permanent adults around every child.

We dismantled that village — and then spent decades blaming individuals for not holding up what was always meant to be carried by a community.

On 4 July, fifty parents are gathering in Karen to ask one question: what do we build now?

🌿 The Gathering
Life in Abundance · Karen · Nairobi
Saturday 4 July · 9AM–3PM

Early bird closes 20 June — KES 5,000
Register at the link https://unitedwomenscouncil.org/parenting-milestones/

THE GATHERING POSTERFour Thursday nights.Four conversations we should have had years ago.The boys. The girls. The childr...
09/06/2026

THE GATHERING POSTER

Four Thursday nights.

Four conversations we should have had years ago.

The boys. The girls. The children with disabilities. The children who experience the world differently.

And in every single session — the same hunger surfaced.

Not just information. Each other.

Because the nuclear family is not African. It was never designed to carry this weight alone. The African family was always communal — children had twenty permanent adults in their lives. We dismantled that village. And we have been paying the price ever since.

On Saturday 4 July — we begin building it back.

THE GATHERING
Life in Abundance · Karen · Nairobi
9AM – 3PM · 50 parents only

Jacob Aliet · What Kenyan Men Are Building Now
Lisa Kibathi · What Your Nervous System Is Teaching Your Child
Luke Muleka · Being the Mirror
Dr. Sylvia Mochabo Akinsiku· Building the World Around the Child Who Thinks Differently
Jackie Mulandi · Raising Adults
Eliud Wasike · Rebuilding the Village in Modern Nairobi

Six speakers. Three panels. One full day.

Early bird closes 20 June — KES 5,000
After 20 June — KES 5,500

Already paid KES 1,500 for the online sessions?
Your balance is only KES 3,500 before 20 June. 🙏

Register at the link 🌿 https://unitedwomenscouncil.org/parenting-milestones/

The village you have been looking for started four weeks ago on a Thursday night at 8PM. On 4 July it is in a room in Karen.

1 in 7.That is what researchers found in the largest autism study ever conducted in Africa.Behind every statistic is a c...
02/06/2026

1 in 7.

That is what researchers found in the largest autism study ever conducted in Africa.

Behind every statistic is a child.

A child who may have been called difficult.
A child who may have been called lazy.
A child who may have been been told there is something wrong with them.

But what if the issue is not the child?

What if the issue is that we have not learned how to recognise, understand, and support neurodivergent children?

This Thursday, we continue the conversation.

Session 4: Raising Children Who Experience the World Differently

"Your child does not need to change. They need a world that finally understands them."

Dr. Sylvia Mochabo Akinsiku
Founder, Andy Speaks 4 SNP
2024 Varkey Foundation Top 50 Global Teacher Prize Finalist

📅 Thursday 4 June
🕗 8PM
💻 Online
Register https://unitedwomenscouncil.org/parenting-summit/
Part of Parenting Through the Milestones by United Women's Council.

Because children do better when the adults around them understand what they are experiencing.

01/06/2026

Most people have heard the words.
Autism. ADHD. Dyslexia. Epilepsy. Sensory processing disorder.
But most people do not actually know what they mean.
And because they do not understand — they label. They dismiss. They shame.
Here is what the research actually says.
The largest autism study ever conducted in Africa surveyed nearly 9,000 Kenyan young people. It found that almost 1 in 7 showed significant autistic traits. Most of them had never been diagnosed. Most of them had never been supported. Most of them had simply been told — something is wrong with you.
Across Africa — children with neurodivergent conditions are socially isolated, undiagnosed, and untreated. And in many parts of the continent their condition is still attributed to a curse.
Not a different nervous system. Not a different way of experiencing the world.
A curse.
And for ADHD — which affects between 5.5% and 7.6% of children globally — Kenya does not yet have national data. Because we have never looked properly.
The children are here. The conditions are real. The understanding is not. And the shame is filling the gap where the understanding should be.
This Thursday Dr. Sylvia Mochabo Akinsiku — founder of Andy Speaks and 2024 Varkey Foundation Top 50 Global Teacher Prize Finalist — joins me to begin changing that.
We are going to name these conditions in plain language. Demystify them. And tell every parent, teacher, and community member in this room what they can do right now to build the right environment around these children.
Because the child is not the problem.
The understanding around them is.
Session 4 — Parenting Through the Milestones
📌 Raising Children Who Experience the World Differently
Thursday 4 June · 8PM · Online
https://unitedwomenscouncil.org/parenting-summit/
Tag a family who needs to hear this. 🌿

Today, as we celebrate Madaraka Day, I am reminded that freedom is not merely the absence of restriction—it is the oppor...
01/06/2026

Today, as we celebrate Madaraka Day, I am reminded that freedom is not merely the absence of restriction—it is the opportunity to contribute, build, and lead.

The generations before us fought for self-governance. Our responsibility is to use that freedom wisely: to strengthen our families, build ethical institutions, grow sustainable businesses, and create opportunities for those who come after us.

At the United Women's Council, we believe that empowered women strengthen communities, economies, and nations.

As we celebrate this important day, may we continue to embrace the responsibility that comes with freedom and work together to build a Kenya that future generations will be proud to inherit.

Happy Madaraka Day, Kenya. 🇰🇪

And her work is with children who experience the world differently.Not children who need to be fixed. Not children who a...
31/05/2026

And her work is with children who experience the world differently.Not children who need to be fixed. Not children who are broken. Children whose way of moving through the world does not match the environment that was built around them.The child who cannot sit still in a classroom built for children who can.The child who reads differently — and is told they are lazy.The child who feels everything more intensely and has been shown — in a hundred different ways — that the problem is them.It is not.This Thursday Sylvia is going to tell us what the family and school need to look like around that child. Practically. In the Kenyan context. Without shame.Because the parent who asked that question on Thursday deserves to know — it is not in vain.Session 4 — Parenting Through the Milestones
📌 Raising Children Who Experience the World Differently
Thursday 4 June · 8PM · OnlineKES 1,500 covers all four sessions — recordings included 👇
https://unitedwomenscouncil.org/parenting-summit/ or Link in bio
Tag a family carrying this. 🌿

The feedback from Session 3 is in.And one response stopped me completely."When you have a first born child with a disabi...
30/05/2026

The feedback from Session 3 is in.
And one response stopped me completely.
"When you have a first born child with a disability the probability of the marriage breaking is high. I am the victim."
That is not a statistic. That is a person. In this room. On a Thursday night at 8PM. Still carrying it.
100% of the people who attended Session 3 said the marriage conversation resonated with their experience or what they have witnessed. 67% said they have lived it directly — in their own family.
Luke Muleka did not come with a presentation. He came with a story. His sister. Her life. Her passing. The fight to prove that persons with disabilities in Kenya are an audience worth seeing. The families he has sat with for years. The fathers who leave. The mothers who stay. The children in the middle of all of it.
83% of the room had never heard of Signs TV before Thursday.
100% of them are now looking it up or sharing it.
That is what happens when you tell the truth in a room full of people who have been waiting for someone to say it.
Swipe to see what the room said. 👉
Session 4 is this Thursday — 4 June · 8PM
Raising Children Who Experience the World Differently
Dr. Sylvia Mochabo Akinsiku joins Njeri.
Register at the link 👇https://unitedwomenscouncil.org/parenting-summit/
"When you have a firstborn child with a disability, the probability of the marriage breaking up is high. I am the victim."

"A child with a disability is watching. They are looking for someone who looks like them — who has navigated what they a...
28/05/2026

"A child with a disability is watching. They are looking for someone who looks like them — who has navigated what they are navigating and made it through."
— Luke Muleka · Director, Signs TV
Luke has been in the room with these families for years. He has seen what it does to a child when there is no one who looks like them to look up to. And he has seen what changes — in the child, in the family, in the community — when that person finally appears.
Tonight he joins Njeri Kiereini for the conversation about what positive role modelling means for children with disabilities. What parents can do. What communities can do. And why representation is not just important — it is transformative.
Parenting Through the Milestones — Session 3
📌 Positive Role Modelling for Children with Disabilities
Thursday 28 May · 8PM · Online
KES 1,500 for all four sessions 👇
https://unitedwomenscouncil.org/parenting-summit/
And if you want to meet Luke and all our speakers in person — The Gathering is on Saturday 4 July in Karen, Nairobi. Full experience bundle — KES 5,000 early bird.
Tag someone raising a child with a disability. They need to be in this room. 🌿

Address

Jogoo Lane, Eve Gardens, Karen
Nairobi
41579-00100NAIROBI

Opening Hours

Monday 08:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 08:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 08:00 - 17:00
Thursday 08:00 - 17:00
Friday 08:00 - 17:00
Saturday 08:00 - 13:00

Website

, ,

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when United Women's Council posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Share

Category