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President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya pledges millions to help fight the increase of gender based violence in Kenya.

Kenya president pledges millions to fight surge in gender violence 29 May 2021 - 14:47 By Nita Bhalla Kenyatta's pledge comes ahead of UN Women's Generation Equality Forum in Paris in June, where countries are expected to make bold commitments towards achieving gender parity. Image: Esa Alexander Kenya's president pledged millions of dollars in state funds on Friday to help tackle a surge in gender-based violence during the pandemic, outlining plans to open women's shelters across the country and improve policing. Uhuru Kenyatta said crime statistics showed cases inv...

3 Min Read NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Kenya’s president pledged millions of dollars in state funds on Friday to help tackle a surge in gender-based violence during the pandemic, outlining plans to open women’s shelters across the country and improve policing. Uhuru Kenyatta said crime statistics showed cases involving violence against women had almost doubled between January and June 2020 compared with the previous year. “Lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic and the pandemic’s social and economic impacts have increased exposure of women to physical, sexual and psychologi...

3 Min Read NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The swift sacking of three Kenyan radio presenters who suggested women were to blame for gender-based violence should serve as a catalyst for change in the country’s often sexist media, women’s campaigners said on Monday. The three disc jockeys at Homeboyz Radio were fired at the weekend following outrage over their comments about an ongoing court case in which a man is accused of pushing a woman from the 12th floor of a building after she refused his advances. Women’s campaigners said misogynistic remarks remained commonplace in the Ken...

BBC News By Penny Spiller image copyrightWaves image captionFatu admits it is not easy being at school while pregnant, but she is determined to complete her education The Tanzanian government was taken to court last month over its ban on pregnant schoolgirls and young mothers attending school. It is one of the few countries in the world that actively enforces such a ban. A year ago this month, another court ordered Sierra Leone to drop its ban. So how have things changed in the West African country? Fatu (not her real name) is 13 years old, and four months pregnant. She was the victim of sex...