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Kenyan radio DJs’ sacking could teach media a lesson, women’s campaigners say
By Reuters,
1142, March 30, 2021 (EAT)
The swift sacking of three Kenyan radio presenters who suggested women were to blame for gender-based violence should serve as a catalyst for change i...
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Homeboyz Radio slapped with Ksh.1M fine, breakfast show suspended for 6 months
By Ian Omondi,
1218, March 28, 2021 (EAT)
The Communications Authority of Kenya has now slapped Homeboyz Radio with a Ksh.1 million fine and suspended its breakfast show for six months over de...
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Kamala Harris to make U.N. debut as U.S. vice president at gender equality meeting
By Reuters,
740, March 10, 2021 (EAT)
Kamala Harris is due to make her United Nations debut as U.S. vice president next week when she addresses an annual United Nations meeting on the prom...
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President Uhuru Kenyatta: We must eliminate the idea that women are sexual objects
By Rachel Ombaka,
1419, December 7, 2020 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on Kenyans to step up the fight against gender based violence (GBV) saying women must be treated with respect. ...
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British envoy Jane Marriott reveals how she survived sexual assault
By Rachel Ombaka,
1647, November 29, 2020 (EAT)
British High Commissioner to Kenya Jane Marriott has revealed her own sexual assault experience that occurred 17 years ago. Also Read: Domestic vio...
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OPINION: The right to live free from violence is a basic human right even as we battle COVID-19
By Guest Writer,
1051, August 28, 2020 (EAT)
The right to live free from violence, to be inseparable from your right and need to keep your body to yourself, to walk unscathed from the fists of ag...
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Futures destroyed: COVID-19 unleashes ‘shadow pandemics’ on Africa’s girls
By Reuters,
1629, August 21, 2020 (EAT)
Until the new coronavirus hit Kenya in March, 17-year-old schoolgirl Anna believed the world was hers for the taking. It didn’t matter that she l...
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Outrage as Somali parliament drafts law permitting child, forced marriage
By Reuters,
2258, August 11, 2020 (EAT)
The Somali parliament has sparked outrage by replacing long-awaited legislation to protect women and girls from violence with a new bill permitting ch...
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How Kenyan consulate in Lebanon became feared by women it was meant to help
By CNN,
1633, July 29, 2020 (EAT)
A deep sense of fear descended over Gloria as she stepped off the bustling street into her country's consulate. Weeks earlier, she said, she paid t...
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Liz Guantai among 117 young African leaders selected for Women Deliver program
By Citizen Reporter,
1743, June 11, 2020 (EAT)
Liz Guantai, a 28-year-old Kenyan lawyer, is one the 117 young leaders selected for the Women Deliver program that focuses on gender equality and the ...
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Coronavirus threatens Kenya goal to end FGM by 2022
By Reuters,
1926, June 9, 2020 (EAT)
The coronavirus pandemic has put Kenya's goal of ending female genital mutilation (FGM) by 2022 in jeopardy, campaigners against the practice warned, ...
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Africa CDC and AU must offer dignified, inclusive focus on women & girls in COVID-19 response
By Guest Writer,
1539, April 25, 2020 (EAT)
Without the full participation and inclusion of women within the COVID-19 pandemic response, Africa’s efforts to flatten the curve and/or wipe-out t...
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Outrage over virginity testing after rapper TI reveals daughter tested yearly
By Duncan Mutwiri,
1042, December 4, 2019 (EAT)
The New York state legislature is mulling over banning virginity testing in the state. If they proceed to create the ban, it would be illegal for m...
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Sex offenders register rolled out in Nigeria
By Duncan Mutwiri,
1031, December 3, 2019 (EAT)
Nigerian authorities have launched a national sex offenders register in the Capital Abuja. They held a procession in the nation's capital to raise ...
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Drive-in sex booths proposed for Berlin’s historic Tempelhof airport
By CNN,
1827, August 12, 2019 (EAT)
Berlin's former Tempelhof airport has witnessed some major events in its time -- a Nazi airfield during World War II, it was the site of the Berlin ai...
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Men suing women who accused them of sexual misconduct. Will it stop others from speaking out?
By CNN,
1329, June 6, 2019 (EAT)
A series of high-profile defamation cases have been brought against women in response to the outpouring of sexual misconduct allegations in the wake o...
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Actor in new Jesus film refuses scene of rubbing mud in blind woman’s eyes
By CNN,
1619, April 13, 2019 (EAT)
When Joaquin Phoenix took on the role of Jesus in the new film "Mary Magdalene," he did many of the expected things: Grew long hair, adopted an intens...
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All you need to know about gender-based violence
By Elainer Mogoa,
1645, March 1, 2019 (EAT)
There is a day that marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against women, which was on the 25th of November, offsetting the 16 d...
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How radiologists can help detect domestic violence – study
By Reuters,
857, February 6, 2019 (EAT)
Radiologists, who typically interact little with patients, can play a key role in identifying victims of abuse by spotting patterns of injuries that p...
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Lady Gaga facing pressure to condemn R. Kelly
By CNN,
911, January 10, 2019 (EAT)
Lady Gaga once defended her 2013 collaboration with singer R. Kelly by pointing to the "bond" they shared over "very untrue things written about us." ...
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