gender-based violence (GBV)

From newsroom to the ‘ground’ to fight sexual, gender violence
Reading Time: 4 minutes For two decades, veteran journalist Dorothy Jebet churned out features on women and girls, especially those that touched on abuse, […]

Official: Build safe houses for men beaten at home
Reading Time: 3 minutes More male survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (GBV) are in need of safe houses and spaces that offer shelter […]

Violence at home gave rise to anti-GBV campaigner
Reading Time: 3 minutes The split-second stare by Wanjira Hezron, 21, and the curled lips when asked about the whereabouts of his old man, […]

Battered men suffer silently
Reading Time: 2 minutes The number of men suffering silently in the hands of their spouses or partners, could be higher than imagined, it […]

Integrate men in campaigns against gender violence
Reading Time: 3 minutes Two recent murders of female athletes allegedly by their male partners has once again brought the issue of gender-based violence […]

Rapper King Kaka gets vocal against Gender-Based Violence
Reading Time: < 1 minute Rapper King Kaka has stepped up his desire to be a firm anti-gender-based violence crusader by releasing a new nine-part […]

We must challenge cultural norms that encourage GBV
Reading Time: 3 minutes Dr Jeldah Nyamache In recent months, cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) have been on the rise in […]

GBV costly to healthcare system, says judge Ndung’u
Reading Time: 2 minutes Supreme Court judge Njoki Ndung’u yesterday said violence against women heavily costs the healthcare system, the judicial system and has […]

Calls to end gender violence dominate day
Reading Time: 2 minutes As the world celebrated the Mother’s Day, a section of women organisations and political leaders in Kilifi county, have called […]

Victims of domestic abuse urged to report
Reading Time: < 1 minute A human rights activist in Kisii county has decried the growing cases of gender-based violence (GBV), which he says greatly […]