Off to Kenya!
Starting Sunday, there will be a very special “foreign correspondence” here. For ten days I, Charlott of Afrika Wissen Schaft, will be in Kenya and will write multiple blog entries by invitation of the the International Reporting Project. Ten other bloggers will be also there, representing Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa. A tightly scheduled program of panel discussions, visits to the suburbs, and interviews has been put together for us.
We will deal primarily with the themes of health and family planning. In doing so, the following issues should be addressed: What access to family planning do women primarily have in urban and rural areas? How are families dealing with HIV/AIDS? What criticisms are there regarding family planning campaigns?
One question, however, stands above all the others: How adequate is the reporting on Africa? Although we have a diverse group, it is mostly white Europeans and Americans, and we often spend only a short time in certain places and establishments. I still hope that I will be able to represent different voices and provide insight beyond the clichés and usual pictures.
Charlott Schönwetter, a feminist blogger for Afrika Wissen Schaft and Mädchenmannschaft, is writing from the International Reporting Project's reproductive health-themed trip to Kenya. This article was translated from German by Erica Cameron.
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