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  2. Umoja, Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Umoja Uaso ("unity" in Swahili, the Uaso Nyiro is a nearby river) [1][2] is a village in Kenya. The village, founded in 1990, [3] is an all-female matriarch village located near the town of Archers Post in Samburu County, 380 km (240 mi) from the capital, Nairobi. It was founded by Rebecca Lolosoli, a Samburu woman, as a sanctuary for homeless ...

  3. Rebecca Lolosoli - Wikipedia

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    Rebecca Lolosoli. Rebecca Lolosoli (born 1962) is the founder and matriarch of the Umoja village in the Samburu County of Kenya. [1][2] The village is a refuge for women fleeing sexual abuse, and men are banned from the village. [3] She plans to run for local office and will be the first Samburu woman ever to do so. [4]

  4. Umoja: The Village Where Men Are Forbidden - Wikipedia

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    Synopsis. From 1970 to 2003, hundreds of women claim they have been raped by British soldiers in the north of Kenya. Accused of bringing shame on their community, most of them have been beaten and repudiated by their husbands. A number of them gathered and created Umoja, a women-only village that quickly became the refuge of Samburu women.

  5. 'I can't sleep': What an athlete’s murder tells us about ...

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    A survey by Africa Data Hub found that between 2016 and 2023, there were more than 500 reported cases of women being killed in Kenya. "In 75% of cases, killings were committed by a person who knew ...

  6. Jinwar - Wikipedia

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    Jinwar was created out of a need women were having in Syria to take refuge away from their oppressive patriarchal communities. The community of Jinwar was inspired by another all-female commune called Umoja in Kenya, where women were facing similar mistreatment.

  7. Watch: Here’s what you need to know about Umoja, the first ...

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    How do we celebrate Umoja? Tatianna Mott explains the history and significance of Kwanzaa’s Umoja and what it means to the holiday. Habari Gani, or what’s the news of the day, Griofam?

  8. Category:Women in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    History of women in Kenya‎ (6 C, 2 P) K. ... Umoja, Kenya This page was last edited on 12 May 2022, at 23:04 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...

  9. Women in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    The history of the evolution of the traits of women in Kenya can be divided into Women within Swahili culture, Women in British Kenya, and Kenyan Women post-Independence. [3] The condition and status of the female population in Kenya has faced many changes over the past century. Kenya was a British colony from 1888 until 1963. [4]

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