Kenya despite a heightened awareness of the crisis and government measures to curb what the World Health Organization terms as femicide.
STORY: A surge in violence against women in Kenya has spurred many to learn to fight back.At least 97 women across Kenya were ...
Gender-based violence is a major challenge in Kenya, which has recorded a significant rise in deaths of women and girls in recent years. Language matters, in my view, so it is important to focus the ...
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femicide remains rampant. In January 2025 alone, 15 women have been reported killed—these are only, the documented cases where as many more Kenyans are suffering in silence, their stories never ...
Kenyan police routinely fail to respond to complaints of gender-based violence, often considering them private matters, Betty Kabari, an activist with End Femicide Kenya, told Reuters.
Michelle Lemuya Ikeny stars in Nawi, a film that depicts the reality of child marriage in rural Kenya. This is the latest in a series of shocking cases of femicide in Kenya. Libya and Somalia are ...
Language matters, in my view, so it is important to focus the attention on femicide, which is what triggered recent public conversation in Kenya and is the primary issue at hand. Femicide is the ...
NAIROBI—Last September, Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei lost her life in Kenya at the hands of an intimate partner.