Outstanding Kenyan Women Who Broke Barriers
Founders of Book Bunk Trust, Angela Wachuka and Wanjiru Koinange, at McMillian Memorial Library.
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As the world prepares to celebrate its women as it marks International Women s Day on Monday, March 8, a number of Kenyan women will be walking with their heads raised high.
Some of these women have stepped up and challenged traditions occasioned by rather oppressive culture and societal norms.
One cannot count in one hand alone the number of women who have stood out recently; putting their names and that of the womenfolk in the history books.
They have followed in the footprints of the likes of Prof Wangari Maathai, Grace Onyango, Mary Elizabeth Okello, women who inspired a generation to challenge the status quo.