Sexual offenses on the rise in Kenya as more people work from home over COVID-19

By Citizen Reporter,

Sexual offenses are on the rise in Kenya as more people work from home after the Government imposed stringent measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 ...

coronavirus , curfew , Sexual Offences

Seven years after bus rape and murder shocked the world, attackers hanged in India

By CNN,

Four men have been executed for the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a New Delhi bus in 2012, a case that shone a global spotlight on ...

Bodaboda rider accused of raping his customer arrested

By Rene Oswere,

A suspected rapist was arrested on Thursday by special service unit detectives who have been deployed around the Gachie area. The Directorate of Cr...

rape case

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison for sexual assault

By CNN,

Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison Wednesday in a New York courtroom. Weinstein, 67, arrived to his sentencing hearing in a wheel...

Harvey Weinstein

Wendy’s boss in Lebanon found her preparing dinner. Moments later, she was told to never touch food with her bare, black hands again

By CNN,

Wendy’s boss glared at her as she chopped coriander. Stone-faced and angry, he charged out of the kitchen to speak with his wife. Moments later, ...

domestic workers , Lebanon , migrant workers

University of Nairobi apologises over memo blaming student raped by 3 men

By Tonny Ndungu,

University Of Nairobi Vice Chancellor, Prof. Kiama Stephen Gitahi has issued an apology following public outcry over a memo that heaped blame on a rap...

kiama , rape , UoN

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein found guilty of criminal sex act and rape

By CNN,

Harvey Weinstein was convicted of committing a criminal sex act in the first degree involving one woman and rape in the third degree involving another...

weinstein

OPINION: Let cities be livable for all, ensure equal access to services by women and girls in informal settlements

By Citizen,

Increasing numbers of people around the world are for various reasons moving, both within national borders and internationally thus leading to rapid g...

FGM , GBV , Gender Based Violence(GBV)

NBA legend Kobe Bryant and daughter among nine killed in helicopter crash

By Reuters,

Kobe Bryant, one of the NBA’s all-time greatest players and an athlete of global renown, was killed at age 41 on Sunday in a helicopter crash near L...

Gianna Bryant , Kobe Bryant , NBA

Woman reveals she was sexually assaulted by gynecologist in U.S.

By CNN,

Evelyn Yang, wife of democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, has revealed that she was sexually assaulted by her gynecologist. Mrs. Yangtold...

yang

How woman was busted posing as a boy to lure girls into sex in U.K.

By Reuters,

A young woman who posed as a teenage boy to deceive potentially dozens of girls into having sex with her was jailed for eight years on Friday. Gemm...

Gemma Watts , sex

U.K. student who sent text messages boasting about raping men found guilty of 48 counts

By CNN,

A student in the U.K. was found guilty of 48 counts of raping men though the number of victims might have been as high as 190. According to CNN, Re...

Reynhard Sinaga , sodomy

You’re fired! Martina Brostrom claims U.N. out for revenge

By Girlie Kendi,

Martina Brostrom, the U.N. employee who accused the assistant secretary general of sexual assault has been fired. According to CNN, Brostrom links ...

loures , Martina Brostrom , UNAIDS

Outrage over virginity testing after rapper TI reveals daughter tested yearly

By Duncan Mutwiri,

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...

TI , virginity testing

Kenyan man Anthony Kamau accused of defiling girls for 11 years in U.K.

By Duncan Mutwiri,

Anthony Kamau, a Kenyan living in the U.K. was arraigned before a court in Essex on sexual assault charges. The suspect is reported to have sexuall...

defilement , Essex court , kenyan man

16daysofActivism: Joint statement from Kenya Gov’t, Finland & Italy embassies, UN Women

By Girlie Kendi,

Rape is one of the most violent and traumatic experiences for an individual to endure. In addition the immediate physical and psychological trauma ...

16days , 16DaysofActivism , domestic violence , femicide , gender based violence , rape , sexual violence

Commonwealth to work with NO MORE against domestic violence

By Duncan Mutwiri,

The Commonwealth has announced a new partnership to end domestic violence. The international body will now work with the 'NO MORE' initiative, an i...

Commonwealth , domestic violence , NO MORE initiative

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o top contender for Nobel Prize of Literature?

By Imani Mitchelle,

Two winners of the Nobel Prize of Literature will be announced on Thursday with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o listed as one of the possible contenders. https...

Ngugi Wa Thiong'o , Nobel Prize of Literature

Nairobi pastor on the run after ‘drinking spree’ with 13 underage girls

By Citizen Reporter,

Police are on the hunt for a Nairobi-based pastor who was on Tuesday morning busted with drunk underage girls in his house at Rurii area in Githurai 4...

Githurai 44

Man gets life sentence for defiling his 6-year-old sister

By Kiprotich Kimetto,

A middle-aged man was on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of defiling his six-year-old sister at Bararget village in...

defilement , LANGAT , molo