Fathers defy norms, step up to end malnutrition of mothers, babies

Some of the men in the father-to-father support group in Gafuru, Galole, Tana River County discussing how to save for their families' nutrition. [Rose Mukonyo, Standard]

Whenever a baby is born in most societies, it is expected that the mother, not the father, would take care of its every need -- like feeding, clothing and ensuring its comfort.

This wasn't any different in Tana River County, which is mainly a patriarchal society; it was almost impossible to find a man taking his pregnant wife to the hospital and waiting for her to deliver, or even being present while the mother breastfed.