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Kenya widens access to sex offenders registry

Kenya recently launched an online registry where employers can look up names of convicted sexual offenders. But how effective a deterrent is this? We ask Stanley Mutuma, a legal researcher in Kenya.

Also in the pod: Psychologist Dr Kirindi Odindo tells us about the added burden of responsibilities many young women feel as first-born girls in their family.

And, I speak with the woman who succesfully campained for the South African government to scrap tax on sanitary pads and other period products.

Broadcast on:
03 Jul 2023