As long as Nelly Nisola Sunga can remember that she never wanted in children-and one is not irreversible, 28-year-old Kenya has confirmed that she would never bear.

Last October, the final step of undergoing a sterilization known as the poker’s bond – the door closing permanently over motherhood.

“I feel free” The BBC organizational development expert tells, adding that she guaranteed that her future is now completely.

The process prevents pregnancy by preventing the fallopian tubes for women and sometimes referred to as “obtaining your tubes”.

Between 2020 and 2023, approximately 16,000 women in East Africa underwent the tube, according to the Ministry of Health in Kenya.

However, it is not clear that the number of these women is without children at the time of the procedure.

However, Dr. Nelly Busayer says that the types of women who are able to get sterilization in Kenya are changing.

“Traditionally, the most common candidates to connect the gates are women who already have many children,” Nairobi -based gynecologist told the BBC.

“But now, we see more women with fewer children choose this procedure.”

It is advised to sterilize only for women who make sure that they do not want to have biological children in the future, because the reflection is difficult.

“Doctors usually do not encourage the trimbing link because the rate of success of reflection is very weak,” said Dr. Busayer.

Although she comes from a large family, Mrs. Serbonca said she never felt pressure to start – although societal standards in Kenya put an expectation on women.

She is attributed to her father with her position as he encouraged her to focus on education – and gave her the love of reading.

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“I interacted with the women’s life stories that have never shown children,” said Ms. Seronka, who is now the chief of operations in feminists in Kenya, a gender -ending organization.

“He made me realize that such life was possible.”

She thought about sterilization for years, but she decided to move forward after providing money for the operation and finding herself in a stable job that allowed her to leave.

It cost her 30,000 £ 190 (190 pounds; $ 230) in a private hospital.

Mrs. Sonka felt that women’s rights are eroding all over the world – especially since women in the United States lost the constitutional right to abortion in 2022, which also affected her decision.

She made her fear that a woman’s right to control her body may erode elsewhere – and that she must do the procedure while she is still able to do so.

“Inside Africa and America, there was a rise in fascist and authoritarian regimes, an ideal example of this is Kenya,” she said.

When she told her family, it was not a surprise to them, because she was always very noisy about her desire for a child -free life.

And between dating and relationships?

“I am still thinking about it,” she said.

Sironka is not alone in choosing a child -free life, challenging traditional femininity expectations.

Through social media, there are those who publicly talk about their choice for not having children and sterilization.

Among them is Muthoni Gitau, an internal designer and podcaster.

The trumpet fastening trip participated in a 30 -minute video on YouTube last March, explaining its decision to obtain this procedure.

“I think the first time I made it clear … [that] “I didn’t want to have children, and I was about ten,” BBC told BBC.

Her mother was very pregnant at the time, and a random question emerged about her future in the conversation.

“I saw a potential partner. I saw travel. I never saw children,” she said.

Like Mrs. Sironka, Mrs. Gitau’s decision was driven by a strong condemnation of living in life on her own terms.

After trying the pill, which she said she made her nausea, she sought a more permanent solution.

When I approached the doctor for the first time about connecting the gates at the age of 23, it was met with the resistance.

I gave what I felt as if it was a sermon about how children were a blessing from God.

She said, “He asked me, what if you met someone who wants children?”

She said that the doctor appears to have more attention to a “imaginary person” instead of the actual patient sitting in front of him.

Mrs. Gito said that the chapter was “a heart break.” This was another contract before she finally gave her desire.

Dr. Busayer notes that a major challenge in Kenya is to obtain paramedics to change their mentality and estimate the patient’s right to really to make decisions on their health.

“This is related to our culture, as people think it is not normal for women want to tie the trumpet,” she said.

Dr. Kirki Emmanua, another Kenny women’s doctor, admitted that the case was a matter of discussion between colleagues and medical departments.

“It is still not decisive,” he told the BBC.

But Mrs. Gito was not deterred and last year called – this time in a non -governmental organization that provides family planning services.

She was armed with a bullet list for the reasons for supporting her decision and was relieved to find no retreat: “The doctor was very nice.”

Currently, single, and she is happy with her decision, which she feels gives her control of her life.

The 34-year-old girl also has a reaction to her video-and is comfortable for not having a major violent reaction.

She says that most people online were chanting her, which saw her confidence growing.

“A woman can contribute in the world in several other ways,” she said.

“You should not be by raising a whole person. I am grateful to live in a generation where choice is something.”