JANET MBUGUA LAUNCHES INUA DADA CENTRE IN KOROGOCHO

Media personality Janet Mbugua has launched Inua Dada Center, in Korogocho, Nairobi. Through the Inua Dada Centre, the foundation is providing safe spaces, both on the digital front on ground, to create awareness in social justice issues, access to reproductive health and rights information, psychosocial support for survivors of GBV and support for teen mothers, uplifting the community on girl at a time. 

“I hold the firm belief that when everyone is included, everyone wins and this is the only way we can ensure that gender equity and economic empowerment programs continue being prioritized across the social and political spectrum. Spaces like the one in Korogocho, should exist everywhere, because they offer a chance for people to gain knowledge and access, allowing them a fair chance to thrive.

A core element of the work we have slowly begun carrying out is a focus on public speaking, which allows for people to articulate their issues and demand their rights. In many ways, the worlds of advocacy, access,  agency and amplification come alive through the centre and on to our platforms, at Inua Dada” says Janet Mbugua, Founder of the Inua Dada Foundation.

With the mission to create a supportive and accessible environment primarily for school girls, as well as women in Kenya, the organisation has been able to empower thousands of  girls and women over the years and held various media and advocacy events that have reached thousands in Kenya and beyond. “Even the best cooking pot cannot produce food without the effort of the cook. Community members must be enabled, through gender sensitive interventions to meaningfully participate in the process of policy development and implementation. #LeaveNoOneBehind  #TheMarchContinues’’ Says Dr. Ademola Olajide, United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) Representative for Kenya.

Inua Dada Foundation is largely advocacy driven and has introduced the #InuaDadaVoices, a program that is also part of the global Generation Equality Forum, which works with young people in training them on digital advocacy in addressing social injustices such as GBV. The Inua Dada Centres, In Korogocho Informal Settlement and in Mombasa  are working with women and girls from informal settlements, providing psycho-social support and access to information and products linked to Menstrual Health Management.