Global InformationPeninah Musyimi information
Peninah Musyimi | |
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| Born | December 1978 Mathare Valley, Kenya |
| Education | University of Nairobi |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur and lawyer |
| Known for | Nairobi slums to lawyer |
Peninah Nthenya Musyimi (born December 1978) is a Kenyan lawyer activist, who established the 'Safe Spaces' project, to empower young women who were growing up in the slums of Nairobi. The project draws on her own life experience as the first person from her neighbourhood in the Mathare Valley to graduate from university. In 2011 she was the recipient of Care International's "I am Powerful" award.