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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: Gikomba_Hawker on September 22, 2021, 03:22:58 AM
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Human Rights Watch has decried the Kenyan government’s response to a surge in gender-based violence (GBV) that took place throughout the coronavirus pandemic, specifically during periods of lockdown.
According to the report, many of the abuses happened “in the home” and attackers were “close family members including husbands, but other abuses happened in the communities perpetuated by neighbours”.
Kenyan police and other state security agents have been “key perpetrators” of serious human rights violations and have been involved in many cases of “rape and other sexual violence against women and girls, and men and boys, particularly during times of crisis”, the group said.
HRW slams Kenya’s response to surge in gender-based violence (article has a good video)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/21/hrw-kenya-response-surge-gender-based-violence-covid