07/02/2024
KENYAN WOMEN DEMAND AN END TO FEMICIDE AS DEATHS SURGE.
At least 21 women were killed in the East African country last month,yet politicians and police continue to victim blame.
Twenty-one women in the East African country were killed by men in January alone, according to Usikimye, a non-profit organisation that campaigns against sexual and gender-based violence (GBV).
Three-quarters of Kenya’s femicide victims are killed by their partners or exes, compared to 15% who are killed by strangers, according to Africa Data Hub, which looked into the deaths of 546 women in the country between 2016 and 2023.
As the deaths spiralled, more than 10,000 outraged Kenyan women took to the streets across the country last weekend to demand an end to femicide. Protests, which were coordinated by Usikimye and other women’s rights groups, took place in Nairobi, Turkana, Kisumu, Mombasa and other towns, with women further motivated by reports of men who have been unconcerned by the rising femicides or have even justified them.
