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Kakenya Ntaiya
Ntaiya in 2016
Tsalo1978 (age 4748)
Enoosaen, Kilgoris, Kenya[1]
ThutoRandolph-Macon Woman's College, University of Pittsburgh
O itsegi kaAnti-FGM work

Kakenya Ntaiya (o tshotswe ka 1978)[2] ke morutabana wa Kenya, molwela-basadi le molwela-loago.

Ke mothei le tautona wa Kakenya Center for Excellence, sekolo se sebotlana sa basetsana se se nang le borabalo kwa motseng wa Maasai wa Enoosaen.[3] Setlhopha sa ntlha sa baithuti ba le masome mararo se ne sa ikwadisa ka Motsheganong 2009.[4] Lefelo leno le batla gore batsadi ba dumele gore ba se ka ba kgaola barwadi ba bone ba ba ikwadisitseng dirwe tsa tlhakanelodikobo tsa basadi[5] (FGM/C) kgotsa go ba nyala ka pateletso.[6][7]

Botshelo jwa pele le thuto

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Ntaiya ke ene yo mogolo mo baneng ba robabobedi.[8] Ngwao le setso sa Maasai se ne se laela gore Ntaiya o tshwanetse go beelediwa fa a le dingwaga di ka nna tlhano, a kgaolwe dirwe tsa tlhakanelodikobo tsa basadi (FGM) fa a sa ntse a le mo dingwageng tsa bonana, mme morago ga moo a tlogele sekolo go ya go nyala. Go na le moo, o ne a buisana le rraagwe gore o tla dira FGM fa seo se raya gore a ka tswelela ka thuto ya gagwe le go wetsa sekolo se segolwane.[9]

Ntaiya o na le digerata go tswa kwa Kholetšheng ya Basadi ya Randolph-Macon kwa Lynchburg, kwa Virginia. Fa a ne a le moithuti koo, o ne a nna setlhogo sa motseletsele wa dikarolo di le nne mo Washington Post o o bidiwang "Tsholofetso ya ga Kakenya".[10] Ntaiya o ne a tswelela pele go bona Dithuto tsa Bongaka mo Thutong kwa Yunibesithing ya Pittsburgh, kwa a neng a amogela Seetesele sa Sheth International Young Alumni Achievement gone.[3]

Ntaiya ke moamogedi wa dikgele di le mmalwa tse di lemogang tiro ya gagwe ya go ruta basetsana: Kabo ya Boeteledipele jwa Lefatshe Lotlhe ya Vital Voices (2011),[5] Mogaka wa Lesome yo o kwa Godimo wa Ngwaga wa CNN (2013),[11] le Kabo ya Ditshwanelo tsa Basadi tsa Lefatshe Lotlhe go tswa kwa Feminist Majority Foundation (2013).[12]

  1. Henderson, Kara (2023-06-22). "How Pitt alumna Kakenya Ntaiya fights for the rights of women and girls in rural Kenya". University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  2. The Huffington Post
  3. 1 2 Kakenya Center for Excellence Archived 2014-10-24 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. "Kakenya Ntaiya | Vital Voices". www.vitalvoices.org. Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 5 Phalane 2025.
  5. 1 2 "My journey to start a school for girls in Kenya: Kakenya Ntaiya at TEDxMidAtlantic 2012". TEDx Talks. Youtube. 6 December 2012.
  6. Toner, Kathleen (November 10, 2013). "Woman challenges tradition, brings change to her Kenyan village". CNN.
  7. "Kakenya Ntaiya exchanged female genital mutilation for an education, now runs school for girls in Kenya". The World Today. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 25 Feb 2015.
  8. Black, Renata (2016-08-03). "Kakenya Ntaiya: Making Dreams of Education a Reality for Girls Everywhere". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 5 Phalane 2025.
  9. "Bound for Marriage as a Child, Now a Change Agent for Kenyan Girls". 2016-09-02. Archived from the original on September 4, 2016. Retrieved 5 Phalane 2025.
  10. Argetsinger, Amy (2003-12-28). "Kakenya's Promise". The Washington Post. Retrieved 5 Phalane 2025.
  11. "Top 10 CNN Hero: Kakenya Ntaiya". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 5 Phalane 2025.
  12. "Global Women's Rights Awards 2016". feminist.org. Archived from the original on 2018-04-29. Retrieved 5 Phalane 2025.