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Domestic violence in Kenya constitutes any harmful behavior against a family member or partner, including rape, assault, physical abuse, and forced prostitution. [1] Domestic violence in Kenya reflects worldwide statistics in that women are the overwhelming majority of victims. Over 40% of married women in Kenya have reported being victims of ...
The Kenya Human Rights Commission stated that "too many queer Kenyans are getting killed with no accountability for perpetrators". Human Rights Watch called for the Kenyan government to repeal anti-LGBT+ laws and to include LGBT+ people in national plans against gender-based violence, saying that Lumumba was "invisible under Kenya’s current ...
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 ...
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] Before colonial rule, women had played important roles in the community, from raising and bringing up children to working on farms and in marketplaces.
Violence and discrimination against women are rife. The abuse of children, including in forced labor and prostitution, is a serious problem. Female genital mutilation (FGM) remains widespread, despite 2001 legislation against it for girls under 16.
At least 14 women have been slayed since the start of the year, media outlets in Kenya NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) […] The post Thousands march against femicide in Kenya following the January slayings ...
Asha Ismail. Asha Ismail (born 27 September 1968) is a Kenyan human rights activist. She is the founder and president of Save a Girl, Save a Generation, an organisation whose mission is to end female genital mutilation, the dowry system, forced marriage and other abuses against women in Africa and Asia.
The status of women in Africa is varied across nations and regions. For example, Rwanda is the only country in the world where women hold more than half the seats in parliament — 51.9% as of July 2019, [12] [13] but Morocco only has one female minister in its cabinet. [13]