Umoja, Kenya - Wikipedia
Umoja Uaso ("unity" in Swahili, the Uaso Nyiro is a nearby river) [1] [2] is a village in Kenya. The village, founded in 1990, [3] is an all-female matriarch village located near the town of Archers Post in Samburu County, 380 km (240 mi) from the capital, Nairobi.
Abused women find freedom in Kenyan village where men are …
UMOJA, Kenya, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The thorny trees and dung-caked homes of Umoja village make it resemble any other in Kenya's northeastern Samburu region, except in one key detail - the...
How an Extraordinary Women-Only Village Is Inspiring Land …
The women-only Umoja village in Samburu County, Kenya, is a haven of gender equality, founded by women fleeing child marriage, FGM, and more.
She grew up in a community where women rule and men are banned
Jan 30, 2019 · Umoja Village, Samburu County, Kenya — Rosalina Learpoora has always been surrounded by women. At age 18, she lives in an all-women village in northern Kenya, where she spends her evenings...
Inside the Umoja community in Kenya where women rule — …
Mar 6, 2019 · In this installment, we look at a community in Kenya healing from tragedy. In a part of Kenya where women are often culturally regarded as second-class citizens, there is a village where women...
Ghanaian photographer Paul Ninson on how he was able to visit the ... - CNN
Jul 5, 2023 · Ghanaian photographer Paul Ninson visited Kenya’s Umoja village to share the story of these women with the world. Now he’s taken an even bigger step by opening the Dikan Center in Accra ...
Umoja: A Village where Women Rule - The Gender Security Project
Dec 31, 2023 · Located near the town of Archers Post in Kenya’s Samburu County, this all-female matriarchal village is where women rule and men are not allowed to live. Founded in 1990 by Rebecca Lolosoli, Umoja is thriving and growing, with 47 women and 200 children as of 2015, as per a report by the Guardian.
The Land of No Men: Inside Kenya’s Women-Only Village - VICE
Sep 8, 2015 · Umoja, which means “unity” in Swahili, is quite literally a no man’s land, and the matriarchal refuge is now home to the Samburu women who no longer want to suffer abuses, like genital mutilation...
No country for men: Umoja, an all-female village in northern Kenya
Sep 8, 2015 · The women of Umoja come from separate Samburu villages scattered across Kenya’s Rift Valley, yet they all share one feature: they are the victims of abuse, rape, forced marriages, and fled their male-dominated communities in favor of a female utopia.
Umoja - Where women rule – DW – 05/24/2024 - dw.com
May 24, 2024 · Kenya is a traditionally patriarchal land. With one exception: Right in the heart of the country lies the village of Umoja. Here, women are in charge.