Last week, on March 8, International Women's Day, I thought a lot about Joyce (how could you forget a smile like that?!) and the other women I met in Kenya, mostly because this is the first Women's Day we've passed where I knew women who live very different lives than I. Obviously, the world is a big place and you can never know everyone's situation, but a lot of these women made the best of their situations with what they had, which is not much.
In the disappointing outcome of the recent presidential election, with Uhuru Kenyatta, who is on trial for war crimes committed after Kenya's 2007 election, claiming victory, what does that say to all of the
Turning thoughts from the national politics back to Joyce is when it is hard to think about all of those women and how their lives may change with this new ruler. Above all else, I hope they are happy, safe, and of course, healthy.
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