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  2. Rebecca Lolosoli - Wikipedia

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    1962. Wamba, District de Samburu. Nationality. Kenyan. Profession. Écologist. 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  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. No boys allowed: this village in Africa is only for women - AOL

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    Umoja, a village in the grasslands of East Africa, is only for women. As The Guardian reports, the village was founded as a safe haven for female survivors of trauma, where the women can support ...

  6. Ghanaian photographer Paul Ninson on how he was able to ... - AOL

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    Ghanaian photographer Paul Ninson visited Kenya’s Umoja village to share the story of these women with the world. Now he’s taken an even bigger step by opening the Dikan Center in Accra ...

  7. '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 ...

  8. 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.

  9. Umoja, Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    44,547/km 2 (115,380/sq mi) Umoja is a residential suburb in the city of Nairobi. Located within the larger sub-county of Embakasi and the Eastlands area of Nairobi. It is approximately 8.4 kilometres (5.2 mi) east of Nairobi's central business district. Umoja consists of three smaller neighbourhoods: Umoja I, Umoja II and Umoja Innercore.

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