Women MPs demand justice over Sharon Otieno murder

By Citizen Team,

By Benson Nyaga and Johnson Mureithi Female Members of Parliament have given the government an ultimatum of two weeks to investigate and arrest per...

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Student kills herself after rape in South Africa

By CNN,

The death of a 23-year-old student, who killed herself two months after she alleged she was raped has renewed anger over sexual violence against women...

Khensani Maseko , rape , Rhodes University , south africa

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta meets with Prince Harry, rock star Sir Elton John

By PSCU,

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta held extensive talks with Princess Mabel Van Oranje of Netherlands Wednesday, where they discussed collaboration between...

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Nairobi teacher arrested, confesses to raping pupils

By Lawrence Baraza,

A teacher at Toi Primary School has been arrested for allegedly raping an 11-year-old pupil at the school. The suspect is said to have confessed hi...

Education CS Amina Mohamend , Kilimani police station , Toi Primary School

Kenya’s Douglas Mwangi feted at Buckingham Palace for slum project

By Mbuthia Bashir,

Douglas Mwangi has been recognised for his outstanding efforts in reducing illiteracy and poverty in his community. The founder of Oasis Mathare ...

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Kilifi men ‘cannot buy sanitary towels’

By Citizen,

By Abchun Abdi Majority of Kilifi county men cannot buy sanitary towels or talk about sexual reproductive health with their adolescent girls, a rep...

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Teenager sentenced to death for stabbing husband as he raped her

By CNN,

A 19-year-old woman has been sentenced to death for fatally stabbing the man she was forced to marry, who she says raped her as his relatives held her...

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Uganda transgender men fight sexism

By Reuters,

Shawn, a young transgender man, was sitting in a public minibus in the Ugandan capital, when an old schoolmate boarded and started loudly calling him ...

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UNFPA-Kenya among top best evaluated programmes in the world

By Heminigilder Mugeni,

The United Nations Population Fund Kenya, UNFPA, has been rated among the top five best evaluated programmes globally. In a statement sent to Nairo...

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“Women for Women” fighting Gender Based Violence

By Heminigilder Mugeni,

Gender Based Violence (GBV) is perhaps the most widespread and socially tolerated of human rights violations in the world. Kenya is not an exception ...

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Campaign against gender violence in matatus launched

By Wahome Gitonga,

The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) and Equality Now, a human rights and gender equity lobby group on Thursday launched a campaign to e...

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Online abuse silences women and girls, fuels violence, survey shows

By VOA,

Pervasive online abuse and harassment pressure women and girls into censoring themselves on social media and fuel gender-based discrimination and viol...

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BWIRE: Informal sector hardest hit by political impasse

By Victor Bwire,

The current political tension in the country with related uncertainty including civil unrest, which is part of the democratic process, is having a tol...

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Humanitarian operations for Burundian refugees strapped for cash

By VOA,

The U.N. refugee agency warns that funds for humanitarian assistance for hundreds of thousands of Burundian refugees have dried up, leaving only enoug...

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Study: Simple Therapy Eases Effects of Violence Against Women

By VOA,

An intervention based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) was found to be more effective than traditional therapy in helping women struggling with d...

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KIRUKU: With such Judges, the feminist fight is already won

By Anne Kiruku,

The death penalty handed down to three men who sexually abused a woman in a public service vehicle in Nairobi has sent shivers down the spines of many...

South Sudan Sexual Violence on ‘Massive Scale,’ Report Says

By VOA,

It's been five months since the shy, frail 13-year-old was snatched from his bed, drugged and raped in the middle of the night. The boy hasn't been ab...

Lobby praises ruling on Githurai men over sexual assault

By Majanga Michael,

A civil society organisation has lauded last week’s court ruling that saw two Matatu operators and petrol station attendant sentenced to 25 years in...

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Lobby group seeks protection for domestic violence victim

By Citizen Reporter,

A lobby group, Equality Now, has challenged the government to protect a victim of domestic violence from a possible repeat attack in her hospital bed....

Grandfather gets life imprisonment for raping granddaughter

By Dzuya Walter,

A grandfather has been sentenced to life imprisonment for sexually abusing his granddaughter aged six. Joseph Muriithi Macharia's appeal to have a ...