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Faith Macharia: I’m just a woman with a beard

Faith Macharia founded the Bearded Women Organization to reach out to women who have visible facial hair like she does (Wilberforce Okwiri)

Living with visible facial hair hasn’t been easy for Faith Macharia but she has come to accept the stares and glares people give her. She shares on why she is now reaching out to other bearded women

‘Am I becoming a man?’ This is the question Faith Macharia asked herself in 2004 – looking into a mirror and noticing two strands of hair spiraling off her chin.

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