Doreen Ajiambo

Doreen Ajiambo is the Africa/Middle East correspondent for Global Sisters Report based in Kenya. She covers the missions and ministries of Catholic women religious and writes about humanitarian and environmental issues across sub-Saharan Africa that affect the people they serve. Her previous work has been published by Religion News Service, Catholic News Service, Refugees Deeply, USA Today and the Global Post, among other outlets.  

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South African sisters address violence against migrant women

South Africa's president Cyril Ramaphosa said that gender-based violence had increased during xenophobic attacks that began Sept. 1 and targeted foreign-owned businesses in and around Johannesburg. That month, the Southern Africa Catholic Nuns, a newly organized group, called for unity amid raging xenophobic attacks and condemned gender-based violence, including rape, sexual harassment and battery against migrant women.

Q & A with Sr. Redemptor Ikonga on her passion for taking care of Mother Nature

Notre Dame sisters mobilize to fend off child traffickers in Tanzania

Sisters in Eritrea struggle with impact from evictions, hospital closings

Sister inspires Kenyan nomadic girls to join religious life

Q & A with Sr. Noelina Nakato, 2019's world champion of theology

Franciscan nun rescues children affected by HIV/AIDS in Kenya

Cyclone Idai relief underway with help of sisters in Zimbabwe and Mozambique

Holy Cross Sisters help Ugandan women resist domestic violence