Language matters, in my view, so it is important to focus the attention on femicide, which is what triggered recent public conversation in Kenya and is the primary issue at hand. Femicide is the ...

According to UN Women’s Kenya Representative, Anna Mutavati, violence against women and girls remains “shockingly rampant” despite the laws, policies and commitments. “Femicide is the most ...

For as long as Nelly Naisula Sironka can remember she has never wanted children - and with one irreversible decision the ...

The brutal murder of Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei in September 2024 brought renewed global attention to a silent epidemic in Kenya: femicide and other forms of violence against women.

This is far from an isolated case - Kenya has one of the highest rates of femicide, or killings with a gender-related motivation, in Africa. After police officers interrogated Mr Wambua ...

According to the Commandant of the National Police Leadership Academy (NPLA) David Mathiu, the training equipped participants ...

A BBC charity worker was murdered in her Kenyan hotel room by an intruder who then fell to his death from the eighth floor, ...

Kenyan police routinely fail to respond to complaints of gender-based violence, often considering them private matters, Betty Kabari, an activist with End Femicide Kenya, told Reuters.