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

A story of resilience and hope…Liz’s story

By Naitore Nyamu Mathenge,

It was a vicious crime, attracting international condemnation and media outrage across the world. One night in 2013, a 16-year-old girl was gang raped...

Naitore : Naivasha killings and sexual abuse

By Naitore Nyamu Mathenge,

“It is extremely alarming that in less than two weeks, two girls who have been abducted, sexually abused and murdered in Naivasha. We are calling on...

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...

17-year –old boy sentenced to 3 years in Minors’ jail. , Man sentenced to 885 years in jail , Three Githurai matatu operators to hang for undressing woman , THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH

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 ...

NAITORE: Magufuli, ban sexual violence, not teenage mothers from school!

By Naitore Nyamu Mathenge,

Equality Now has noted with great concern the unfortunate utterance by Tanzanian President John Joseph Pombe Magufuli, barring teenage mothers from at...

NAITORE: DR Congo must address rape by state officers

By Naitore Nyamu Mathenge,

Rape by the military and other perpetrators, both during conflict and in peacetime, continues to be one of the most serious human rights abuses in the...

NAITORE: Time for action against sexual violence is now!

By Naitore Nyamu Mathenge,

Picture this, you are a young lady at one of the most ‘prestigious’ universities in your country. You made it to the university and you must be pr...

NAITORE: Sexual violence is a crime; we should treat as such

By Citizen Reporter,

By Naitore Nyamu-Mathenge  When a prosecutor asked a rape victim to prove she was a virgin before rape, otherwise the perpetrators should be set f...

gender , Girl-Child , rape , sexual violence