“We’re needing to speed up,” said UNFPA Executive Director Natalia Kanem at a high-level event.

“When sleeping women awake, mountains move,” said Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA’s Executive Director, quoting a Kenyan proverb at an event in the sprawling Kibera informal settlement.

Women are defying the odds to secure the rights of their friends, sisters and countrywomen.