Adelle Onyango Joins Hollywood Actress Sharon Stone in Global Film Festival

Adelle Onyango, joins Golden Globe & EMMY award winner, Sharon Stone as a jury member for World Health Organization’s film festival, dubbed “Health For All Film Festival”. Together, the two will be judging the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) category alongside Dr. Socé Fall (Senegal) - WHO’s Director, Neglected Tropical Diseases. The Health For All Film Festival is an initiative to connect people joining the movement for health promotion, through films.

Adelle Onyango Partners With Nivea In Campaign That Challenges Beauty Norms

Adelle Onyango partnered with Nivea in a campaign highlighting the Luminous 630 serum that address dark marks. The product was designed with melanated African women in mind and as such is extremely effective. For the campaign, a bare-faced Adelle is on billboards across Nairobi. Quite contrary to the heavily edited & full of make-up beauty campaigns normally done which create unattainable beauty standards. This campaign says to African women, that beauty is natural, diverse and that self-love includes making informed choices about your skin.

Kenya’s Chief Justice Launches Book Adelle Onyango Co-Authored

Adelle Onyango and Lanji JJ Ouko-Awori wrote Our Broken Silence, a book that holds stories of survivors of sexual violence from the greater East African region. The stories are from pre-colonial days, to present day. Kenya’s Chief Justice, Hon Martha Koome, not only launched the book but also wrote its powerful foreword where she calls for effective interventions in ending gender based violence.

Adelle Onyango Partners With UN Women To Lead Media Training

During the 16 Days Of Activism Against Gender Based Violence, Adelle Onyango teamed up with UN Women to run a workshop where media practitioners & journalists were taught about their role in ending GBV. Participants were given resources to help them write stories more efficiently.

Adelle Onyango Hosts International Women’s Day Event In Seattle

Adelle Onyango hosted the Moth’s International Women’s day event at the Gates Foundation’s Discovery Center in Seattle. The event used storytelling to highlight key gaps in maternal healthcare across the world with a special appreciation for the work midwives do globally.

Adelle Onyango Gives Moving Keynote Speech at CODESRIA Forum In Dakar, Senegal

Adelle Onyango was the Keynote speaker at a policy forum by CODESRIA, looking at the shrinking civic space in Africa. Adelle Onyango pointed out government policies, the church, compromised donor organisations and more, as huge contributors to the shrinking civic space.

Adelle Onyango Signs Book Deal - Will Co-Author A Book With J.J. Lanji Ouko

Kenyan media personality has signed a book deal to co-author a book with J.J Lanji Ouko. The book documents the voices of survivors of rape, observers, family members, activists, nurses, lawyers and many others, who offer a glimpse of the different perceptions of violence.

The book is set to hit stands by mid-November after which the Adelle Onyango Initiative & Crevit Mulier & Co. will embark on various strategic plans towards sustainable reform within a broken socio-legal system. This book will break the silence, to break the cycle of stigma & injustice

Adelle Onyango Interviews H.E President Uhuru Kenyatta At Genu Launch

Adelle Onyango moderated the launch of the Generation Unlimited Kenya Partnership. The event was presided over by H.E The President Of The Republic Of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta. During a Q&A session, Adelle asked the president if his government would partner with young social entrepreneurs whose organizations are solving community issues instead of starting new programs. He agreed with Adelle on the efficiency of this approach and tasked C.S Joe Mucheru to ensure no new programs are created under the Gen U partnership and instead amplify already existing programs.

Adelle Onyango To Represent Kenya In International Podcast

Adelle Onyango is one of the speakers at the International Podcast Day 24 hour event! She will be making a presentation touching on how podcasts have given Kenyans agency over their stories and content. She will include voices of other Kenyan podcasts in her presentation. For more information on the event head here: https://internationalpodcastday.com/speakers/adelle-onyango/

Adelle Onyango Hosts Women’s Day Talk

Adelle Onyango hosted a one-of-a-kind women’s day talk at Two Rivers Mall. Adelle shared on grief, healing from rape, therapy, career, love & marriage. The talk was attended by over 70 women and can be watched on Adelle Onyango’s YouTube channel.

Adelle Onyango Initiative Launches The Safe 24/7 Program

The Adelle Onyango Initiative launched the Safe 24/7 program. It is a free group therapy program for women who have survived rape. The program is in partnership with Carolina For Kibera and will see survivors go through a 14 week program designed by clinical psychologists to help the survivors heal from trauma and learn various coping mechanisms.

Adelle Onyango Addresses The African Union in Dakar

Adelle Onyango spoke at the opening of
the People Of African Descent
regional meeting in Dakar, Sene gal put together by the African Union and the United Nations. She highlighted the importance of people of African descent being included in development conversations on the continent; especially issues to do with African youth and unemployment.