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R**E: WE ARE ALL AT RISK - SGBV Networks A notion has been formed that s*xual violence only happens to “certain people;” people who live in the slums, s*xual workers, women or party people. There is also the assumption that the perpetrators are men, people of low income, the unemployed and alcoholics. Sexual violence is a tricky subject th…

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Sexual abuse is only a click away If your daughter is chatting to a stranger, it will not take long before they start exchanging compromising photos and even plan a meeting.

http://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/class-six-girl-attacked-reporting-s*xual-assault-head-teacher

Class Six Girl Attacked for Reporting Sexual Assault by Head Teacher A teenage girl was attacked and brutally beaten for reporting molestation by her head teacher. She is currently undergoing treatment at Homa Bay County Referral Hospital, having sustained serious injuries on the head and right hand. The class six girl had reported that the head teacher had been s*xu…

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29758794

100 Women: Female boxers fighting s*xual violence in Nairobi - BBC News Kenya's schoolgirls are fighting back against s*xual violence - by learning how to box in self-defence classes.

http://www.irinnews.org/report/77102/kenya-s*xual-violence-continues-in-idp-camps

KENYA: Sexual violence continues in IDP camps Residents in a camp for displaced persons in Nakuru, in Rift Valley Province, western Kenya, were deeply shocked when a gang of men attacked and s*xually assaulted five boys, but the health officials dealing with s*xual violence during the recent political upheaval have had to become immune.

http://thinkprogress.org/world/2015/09/23/3703633/nairobi-s*xual-violence/

Inside A Remarkably Successful R**e Prevention Class In Nairobi Before the participated in the workshop, 80 percent of boys indicated that a woman in a miniskirt gave men tacit consent to have s*x with her. Afterwards, that figure dropped to 30 percent.

http://www.bbc.com/news/10540379

Fears of r**e in Kenya's slums 'trap women' - BBC News Fear of s*xual violence in Kenya's slums keeps women from communal toilets and increases the risk of disease, a report says.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150609065651.htm

In Kenya, program changes male attitudes about s*xual violence, study finds In Kenya, where r**e and violence against women are rampant, a short educational program produced lasting improvements in teenage boys' and young men's attitudes toward women, a study has found.

http://preventgbvafrica.org/kenyan-women-want-justice-over-post-election-s*xual-violence/

Kenyan women want justice over post-election s*xual violence | GBV Prevention Network Six years after being gang-r**ed and beaten in front of her husband and four-year-old child during a wave of post-election violence in Kenya, Nancy is still

http://preventgbvafrica.org/kenyan-police-arrest-suspects-after-woman-stripped-in-public/

Kenyan police arrest suspects after woman stripped in public | GBV Prevention Network Kenyan police have arrested dozens of men suspected of stripping naked a woman in public on the grounds that she was indecently dressed, just after a protest

http://preventgbvafrica.org/kenya-stripping-women-is-a-violent-crime-that-must-be-punished/

Kenya: Stripping Women Is a Violent Crime That Must Be Punished | GBV Prevention Network Kenya: Gender violence, especially s*xual violence like stripping and r**e, against women in Kenya is not new. It has been around as long as society has

http://preventgbvafrica.org/women-only-sanctuary-for-violence-against-women/

Women only Sanctuary for violence against women | GBV Prevention Network Kenya - Umoja (“unity in Swahili) is a women-only village of 48 women & their children in Samburu Country, Kenya. The Guardian-UK is not the first to

http://preventgbvafrica.org/only-r**e-survivors-can-truly-understand-what-other-victims-have-gone-through/

Only R**e Survivors Can Truly Understand What Other Victims Have Gone Through | GBV Prevention... Kenya: A compelling story of a r**e survivor and how she turned this experience to help Kenyan women. She spent years entangled in a complex fight to get her

https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/04/01/dispatches-misunderstanding-r**e-kenya

Dispatches: Misunderstanding R**e in Kenya “We women must respect ourselves.

http://www.ijmonitor.org/2014/08/expert-witness-says-kenyan-government-failed-to-protect-victims-of-s*xual-violence/

Expert Witness Says Kenyan Government Failed to Protect Victims of Sexual Violence A landmark class action case against the Kenyan government is unfolding in the Nairobi High Court. Sexual violence survivors and Kenyan non-governmental organizations (NGOs) acting on behalf of all victims of s*xual violence committed in the aftermath of the 2007 Kenyan presidential election brought…

http://www.reproductiverights.org/press-room/kenyan-high-court-education-sector-fails-to-protect-students-from-s*xual-abuse

Kenyan High Court: Education Sector Fails to Protect Students from Sexual Abuse (PRESS RELEASE) The Teachers Service Commission (TSC)—the main teachers union in Kenya tasked with recruiting and employing teachers, and determining disciplinary actions—failed to protect students from s*xual assault, according to a recent High Court of Kenya decision.

http://www.voanews.com/content/kenyan-girls-at-risk-of-s*xual-violence/1571132.html

Violence Against Kenyan Children Excessive, UNICEF Report Finds Survey estimates as many as 10 percent of girls, 5 percent of boys have experienced at least one episode of s*xual violence in past 12 months

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2014/mar/25/kenyan-women-fight-justice-s*xual-violence

Kenyan women demand justice over post-election s*xual violence | Joan Nyanyuki Joan Nyanyuki: Kenya's director of public prosecutions has failed to investigate atrocities. That's why r**e survivors have decided to sue

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/nov/18/nairobis-miniskirt-march-exposes-s*xual-violence-in-kenya

Nairobi's 'miniskirt' march exposes s*xual violence in Kenya ‘A woman has the right to dress the way she sees fit,’ protestors proclaim, but many argue that ‘scantily clad’ women only have themselves to blame

http://www.irinnews.org/report/56856/kenya-s*xual-and-domestic-violence-prevalent

KENYA: Sexual and domestic violence prevalent Sexual violence is increasingly prevalent in Kenya and police statistics show that more than 2,800 cases of r**e were reported in 2004 - an increase of close to 500 compared to the previous year.

http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/lifestyle/article/2000139115/unesco-raises-alarm-over-s*xual-violence-in-kenya

UNESCO raises alarm over s*xual violence in Kenya A new report shows boys and girls in Kenya get s*xually molested at the age of 14 and below.

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/aug/16/village-where-men-are-banned-womens-rights-kenya

The village where men are banned Only women are allowed to live in Umoja. Julie Bindel visits the Kenyan village that began as a refuge for survivors of s*xual violence – and discovers its inhabitants are thriving in the single-s*x community

http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/672690-police-to-institute-s*xual-violence-unit.html

Police to institute s*xual violence unit In a bid to reduce the rampant s*xual violence cases in the country, the government is planning to set up a specialized police unit to lower the offence

http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000174245/youths-having-s*x-before-age-15/

Report: Youths having s*x before age 15 Some 55 per cent of adolescents and youths aged between 10 and 24 years had their first s*xual experience before their 15th birthday, a new report has revealed.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2015/06/in-kenya-program-changes-male-attitudes-about-s*xual-violence.html

In Kenya, program changes male attitudes about s*xual violence, study finds Young men and teenage boys participating in a program developed by No Means No Worldwide had more positive views toward women and less belief in r**e myths, a study found.