Arya Jeipea Karijo is a trans woman in Kenya working at the intersection of human rights, LGBTIQ rights, feminism and gender equality. She is a User Experience researcher and designer building for simplicity of human lives - applications, experiences & interventions for people’s resilience and the planet’s sustainability.
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionStop imposing your imperialist Western transphobia on my peopleSocieties across the world acknowledged and celebrated gender-diverse communities – until the British arrived to...
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Published in: 50.50: FeaturePakistan’s trans community is still living with the violence of empireDespite laws protecting trans rights, people face stigma, poverty and murder, thanks in part to a damaging colonial past
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureHow a viral video helped Kuwait’s trans women get their fight backA defiant video by Maha Al-Mutairi about her experience as a trans woman has inspired people to believe that change...
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Published in: 50.50: Feature‘I’m a Yemeni trans man and my family want to kill me’Yahyia Al-Zindani had to flee his homeland in fear of his life but continues to do all he can to support Yemen’s...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionDon’t queer Kenyans have a right to religion?We are fed up with being shut out of church.
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWhy ‘pro-family’ groups ignore pregnant African women dying during COVID-19CitizenGo doesn’t want women to terminate pregnancies even if their lives are at risk, so no wonder it’s ignoring...