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World Vasectomy Day is Hitting the Road for an Awareness Trip in Western Kenya
By Sheila Gabeya The team of World Vasectomy Day filmmakers and storytellers set off for a trip to Western Kenya in a seven-passenger vehicle on a beautiful evening in Nairobi. It seems normal, but...
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World Vasectomy Day Road Trip: Nakuru and Goat Eating
Our crew arrived in Nakuru with a lot of good energy and excitement but—having left my wallet back in Nairobi—without any money. As the producer and the person responsible for managing the funding, it...
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World Vasectomy Day Road Trip: Team Test in Kajiado
By Sheila Gabeya You know what they say, “a road trip is not a road trip until you make a wrong turn.” Well, our day began with no reason to fear anything but good fortune. Indeed, after the amazing...
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The World Vasectomy Day Team Meets Fred of Narok
By Sheila Gabeya After a hectic day in Kajiado, Maasai land, the team is eager to hit the road as we look forward to a smoother day ahead in Narok and Sondu. The plan is to meet with Fred Paskal and...
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George and Ruth Mbogah: World Vasectomy Day’s Family of the Year
By Sheila Gabeya After the morning with Fred in Narok, our next destination is Chabera, where the WVD team is eager to meet a man whose link to World Vasectomy Day is now legendary. George is Kenya’s...
View ArticleWhat’s up With Male Contraception and Discomfort?
Embed from Getty Images Last week I was in a slum in the outskirts of Nairobi to mobilize men for World Vasectomy Day when a local doctor stood up to speak. The group, about 40 strong, listened...
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A Message From World Vasectomy Day to the Good Men Project Community
For 20 years I made documentaries across the globe about men wreaking havoc on themselves, their communities, and their countries. Many of the subjects in my films paid the price for having...
View ArticleWhat’s Wrong With the ‘Greatest Country’ in the World?
Embed from Getty Images Let me start by saying I consider the fact that I was born in the United States the second best unintentional move I’ve ever made (the first was being incarnated as a human...
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In the Cradle of Mankind: Vasectomy in Kenya
By Sennah Akoi Markjackson In Kenya, just as with other African countries, there is the cultural belief that a man’s fertility belongs to the community as a whole. The result is that anything and...
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World Vasectomy Day 10 Day Sperm Count(down)
Today a group of men in Kangemi, a slum on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, were asking me about vasectomies. I told them that a vasectomy is not for everyone, but only for men whose families are...
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Day 9 of the World Vasectomy Day 10 Day Sperm Count(down)
We live in a time when the chances for heroism are far and few between. The days of the fearless warrior are far behind us, and the prey once hunted is for the most part on the edge of extinction....
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Sperm Count(down) Day 8: On Our Way to World Vasectomy Day!
There are many compelling reasons for supporting World Vasectomy Day, like the over 325 million women who have had tubal ligations—six times the number of vasectomies—even though they are far more...
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World Vasectomy Day Sperm Count(down) Day 7
Having children is amazing, but let’s be honest, with 7.4 billion people on the planet, and counting, things here are not quite as abundant as they were back in the days of Adam and Eve. And having...
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Sperm Count(down) Day 6 of Why I Support World Vasectomy Day
World Vasectomy Day serves to remind us that each of us matters and that the choices we make in bringing life into existence and the choices we make on how to treat the life that already exists,...
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World Vasectomy Day Sperm Count(down) Day 5: Can a Vasectomy Lead to Better Sex?
We don’t suggest that it should be the determining factor in your decision to get a vasectomy, but there’s something quite amazing about a movement that not only helps save the planet, is good for...
View ArticleReplacing Cynicism With Optimism and Apathy With Purpose
Embed from Getty Images I’m on a plane returning home after three months in Kenya. First a layover in Morocco. Next NYC. I’ve been reading a lot of depressing post-election emails and postings and...
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African Men Stand Up!
By Sheila Gabeya It is only if you have been born and bred in an African household that you fully understand the thin line African men walk while growing up between modernity and tradition. Your...
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Family Planning is Getting Manly
Have you heard of World Vasectomy Day? It’s hard to imagine feeling particularly heroic with your pants down on a procedure table – literally putting your balls on the line. But that’s exactly what...
View Article5 Reasons Getting a Vasectomy is Good for Your Sex Life
Embed from Getty Images One of the biggest concerns among men considering the snip is how it will affect their sex lives. Severing the vas deferens – the link between the sperm vesicles in the...
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World Vasectomy Day: A Call For Submissions
November 16th is World Vasectomy Day and we want to hear all about yours. Why did you get the surgery? How did you make the choice? What difference has it made to you and your familie’s life? What...
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