Ann Njogu
Ann Njogu is a Kenyan activist. In 2010, she was the director of the Centre for Rights Education and Awareness, which among other things documented sexual- and gender-based violence after the Kenyan general election in December 2007. She was also a drafter of and lobbyist for Kenya’s Sexual Offences Act, which became law in 2006.
Quotes
[edit]- I see no issue if you can be able to give your voice to people and help them. My only problem would be if you know nothing about what you are speaking of hence, misadvising listeners
- My advice to such radio presenters is, go to a counselling school and learn do you can offer constructive advice. Radio is a very powerful tool and some listeners take our word as the gospel truth
- I talk to myself. Najiambia ‘Anne, whatever you have, put it behind. You are the voice of hope to the people outside there
- The brain is a very powerful organ, whatever you tell it, it does. The body will just adjust
- Radio Maisha’s Anne Njogu speaks on weirdest call she's received on-air,4yrs ago,by William Osoro
- Unless the people are equipped with all the information they require, and they need, to make the right decisions
- They’ll never be able to shake off the shackles of oppression
- I wanted to die. For three months, I cried every day
- We still felt the fear, but continued to do it anyway because it was the right thing. We understand that it is our duty, and that of our generation, to replace the present despair with a new hope
- Kenya’s Ann Njogu, is a “Woman of Courage”,March 19,2010,By carlyn
- In Africa and in Kenya we have all the resources
- It’s only that we have the wrong priorities, the wrong leadership to direct those priorities, and the levels of corruption that make it impossible for that potential to be realized
- When you speak up, our government listens. When you activate your networks, that is awesome
- The time for change has come
- and there’s nobody that’s going to stop that kind of change that is brewing across the country
- We hear the voices from across the world telling us, yes it has been done elsewhere — it can also be done in Kenya
- Kenya’s Ann Njogu, is a “Woman of Courage”,March 19,2010,By carlyn
- Women’s dressing has been weaponized. Society uses the dress as a backlash against women who are proponents of certain changes.
- My philosophy is that in life you either succeed or learn.
- Things that change your life are the people you meet and the books you read.
- We should be agitated for change, especially the many things that don’t work as opposed to sitting back, moaning and groaning.
- When you are involved in activism, your goal is never to get rewarded but to create impact and change.
- I have used my voice to give the voiceless a voice.
- When you find a network of people who are thinking alike with a common desire to bring change, you achieve a lot.
