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.

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 ... An initial increase in cases ...

Azimio leader Raila Odinga. [File, Standard] Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga has condemned the recent surge in femicide cases in Kenya, saying it is now a 'national emergency.' Odinga on ...

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

Participants walk in Kisii town in solidarity with women who lost their lives to femicide as they closed ... Standard] Gender-based violence (GBV) cases in Kenya are more than the global average ...

STORY: A surge in violence against women in Kenya has spurred many to learn to fight back.At least 97 women across Kenya were ...

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 ...

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 ...

More than 500 cases of femicide were recorded in Kenya between 2016 and 2023 ... The Telegraph, The New Statesman, Tortoise Media and Metro, as well as appearing on BBC Radio London, Times ...

The murder of Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei by her former partner has reignited calls for stronger action against femicide ... 500 reported cases of women being killed in Kenya.

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