Fear of pregnancy responsibility lands man in prison after he threatened to kill lover for declining abortion
The victim in her touching testimony, told the court that she was a widow living with her children and the accused used to visit her home after the death of her husband.
Known as the epicentre of political protests in Kenya, Kisumu is now intensifying fight to shed sexual violence image
The first recovery centre will be established in Muhoroni Sub-County before being replicated in other parts of the county. The situation room will be located at the county referral facility to coordinate reporting, response and support services.
Turkana County in north-western Kenya experiencing rapid surge in HIV infections
County AIDS and STI Coordinator, Samuel Pulkol noted that prevalence stands at 2.19 per cent, with 16,925 people living with HIV, including 15,912 adults and 1,013 children.
Study: East Africa’s event-driven coverage of sexual, gender-based violence and femicide creates room for the vice to fester
A stark three per cent focus on perpetrators means the individuals responsible for violence often remain out of sight in media narratives, especially in follow-up reporting whereas only 11 percent of stories amplified survivor voices, despite survivors being central to the narrative of violence.
Kenya’s Gender and affirmative action principal secretary calls for abolition of kangaroo courts
According to the principal secretary, the county has in the past three months recorded 46 SGBV cases with the latest case involving a 76-year-old man who had repeatedly been defiling a nine-year-old girl. Similarly, a total of 106 suicide cases were recorded in the last 11 months in the county with a majority of the victims being men.
