Jade Maina
Executive Director Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health (TICAH)Jedidah Maina is a sexual and women’s rights activist. Her focus is on sexual and reproductive rights for all individuals including right to who we love, contraception for all ages and safe abortion.
She has over ten years of experience as an activist, program manager, and organizer concerning sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Her work has included designing fun and educational sexuality materials and advocate for change in attitudes, policies, programs and power relationships. During this period of her work she has helped develop and implement sexual and reproductive health programs for all ages especially adolescent girls and youth. Her work includes the development of a sexuality manual “We Are Talking About Sex”, support Moving the Goal Posts – Kilifi in developing their adolescent sexuality curriculum and develop Scenario cards to provoke discussions on topics otherwise considered taboo. She holds an MA in Project Planning and Management and a BA in Economics and Sociology from the University of Nairobi. She is the Executive Director of Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health (TICAH).
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