Facebook to ban ads promoting weapon accessories, protective gear in U.S.

By Reuters,

Facebook Inc said on Saturday it will ban advertisements for weapon accessories and protective equipment in the United States with immediate effect un...

facebook , Inauguration , Joe Biden , Mark Zuckerberg , President Donald Trump , U.S. Capitol

FBI warns ‘armed protests’ being planned at all 50 state capitols and in Washington DC

By CNN,

The FBI has received information indicating "armed protests" are being planned at all 50 state capitols and the US Capitol in Washington, DC in the da...

Four petitioners awarded Ksh.16M in post-election sexual violence case

By Rachel Ombaka,

The High Court has awarded four petitioners Ksh.16million as damages for violation of their constitutional rights during the 2007 post-election chaos....

2007/08 Post Election Violence , GBV , naitore nyamu , physicians for health , SGBV

OPINION: A final chance at justice for survivors of post-election sexual violence in Kenya

By Guest Writer,

By Naitore Nyamu On December 10, the High Court in Nairobi is scheduled to finally deliver a decision on Petition 122 of 2013, which seeks to secur...

GBV , SGBV

President Uhuru Kenyatta: We must eliminate the idea that women are sexual objects

By Rachel Ombaka,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on Kenyans to step up the fight against gender based violence (GBV) saying women must be treated with respect. ...

GBV , sexual harassment , SGBV

British envoy Jane Marriott reveals how she survived sexual assault

By Rachel Ombaka,

British High Commissioner to Kenya Jane Marriott has revealed her own sexual assault experience that occurred 17 years ago. Also Read: Domestic vio...

GBV , sexual harassment , SGBV

COVID-19 pandemic drives spike in suicides in Japan

By CNN,

Eriko Kobayashi has tried to kill herself four times. The first time, she was just 22 years old with a full-time job in publishing that didn't pay ...

coronavirus , suicide

NGEC raises concern over rising cases of domestic violence, sexual harassment

By Rachel Ombaka,

The National Gender and Equality Commission has expressed concern over emerging  trends of domestic violence and sexual harassment directed to women,...

coronavirus , GBV , gender based violence , NGEC , sexual harassment

UN warns of ‘shadow pandemic’ as domestic violence increases globally

By VOA,

Rallies were held around the world Wednesday on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. This year, activists are notin...

coronavirus

Footage of man beating wife to death on Chinese street sparks outrage

By Reuters,

Video footage and pictures that appear to show a man in China beating his wife to death as onlookers stood by and did nothing have sparked outrage and...

OPINION: The unspoken inequality of the COVID-19 pandemic

By Guest Writer,

By Levi Gikandi 243 days ago, on a feverishly hot Wednesday afternoon, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta stood in the manicured State House grounds w...

coronavirus , inequality , inua jamii , Kibera , Oxfam

OPINION: Women facing domestic violence during COVID-19 need access to safety now more than ever

By Guest Writer,

By Christine Ogutu and Wangu Kanja “My husband beat me up and threw me out into the streets in the wee hours of the night with my two children,�...

coronavirus , domestic violence , GBV

COVID-19 fuels surge in sexual violence, child marriage

By VOA,

Fresh out of university, Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi was living in the southern Nigerian state of Rivers when she was sexually assaulted. A housemate...

coronavirus

OPINION: Speak out your agony

By Sponsored,

By Angelina Cikanda "And what rough beast, its hour come round at last," excerpts from William Butler Yeats' poem "The Second Coming." This ...

ACTED , Concern Worldwide , COVID-19 , Impact Initiatives , Oxfam in Kenya , The Kenya Red cross society , WanguKanja Foundation

Futures destroyed: COVID-19 unleashes ‘shadow pandemics’ on Africa’s girls

By Reuters,

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...

child marriage , coronavirus , FGM , shadow pandemic , teen pregnancies

Shock greets the miserable state of former NFL star, Kenya’s Daniel Adongo

By Isaac Swila,

Shock and disbelief has greeted the miserable state of former National Football League star, Kenya's Daniel Adongo. An online video of Adongo, a fo...

Daniel Adongo , Former NSL star , Netizens , Pitiful state

24-year-old arrested for stabbing husband to death in Roysambu

By Nganga Njoroge,

A 24-year-old was on Sunday evening arrested over the suspicion that she stabbed her husband to death on Sunday night in Marurui, Roysambu in a family...

Roysambu

How Kenyan consulate in Lebanon became feared by women it was meant to help

By CNN,

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...

Kefala , Kenyan consulate in Lebanon , Lebanon , Sayed Chalouhi

UN calls for end to FGM, child marriage affecting women, girls worldwide

By VOA,

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has called for urgent action to stop female genital mutilation (FGM), child marriage and other harmful prac...

FGM , UNFPA

Three more people succumb to coronavirus in Kenya as 155 test positive

By Citizen Reporter,

Three more people have succumbed to coronavirus in Kenya as 155 others tested positive in the last 24 hours. The death toll now stands at 128 with ...

coronavirus , domestic violence , SRHR , teenage pregnancies