By Rosemary, 18

You see, this is my cousin. She is washing the clothes. She is the only girl in the house and she has a big brother. Every day when he comes home from school, he changes out of his school uniform and puts it in the basin. Then he goes and plays football. It is her job to wash his clothes for him, and then also wash the utensils at home. You know, it is not good for girls to do all the work at home. Even boys can fetch water, wash the utensils and do the laundry. Here in Kibera, boys say that girls are the only ones who are supposed to wash the clothes, carry the babies and fetch the water. If you tell a boy to carry a baby, he says, “That is work for girls only!”