The year 2024 saw a marked increase of women being murdered in Kenya despite a heightened awareness of the crisis and government measures to curb what the World Health Organisation terms as femicide.

Kenya despite a heightened awareness of the crisis and government measures to curb what the World Health Organization terms ...

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 ...

The brutal murder of Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei in September 2024 brought renewed global attention to a silent epidemic ...

Police in Kenya have arrested a man carrying a mutilated corpse in his backpack, which he reportedly said belonged to his 19-year-old wife. Officers came across 29-year-old John Kiama Wambua while ...

From the young woman brutally murdered and dismembered in a short-term rental apartment to the Olympic runner set on fire by her estranged boyfriend, a surge in violence against women in Kenya has ...

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NAIROBI—Last September, Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei lost her life in Kenya at the hands of an intimate partner.

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 ...