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Arya Karijo

Arya Jeipea Karijo is a transwoman in Kenya working at the intersection of human rights, LGBTIQ rights, feminism and gender equality. She is an investigative journalism fellow working with openDemocracy, to track organised opposition to women's sexuality and reproductive rights, and LGBTQI rights.

Africa

/ 10 September 2020

‘Pro-family’ campaigners ignore pregnant women dying during Covid lockdowns

Conservative groups are fighting efforts to expand African women’s access to healthcare. Do they care about women all the time, or only when they’re procreating?

By Arya Karijo and Lydia Namubiru, The Continent