Hundreds of women in Nairobi have filled the streets demanding the government stop the increasing killing of women. They want to declare gender-motivated violence a national crisis.
Hundreds of women protested in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Monday, demanding that the government there investigate claims by human rights organizations that the number of murders of women and other acts of violence against them is on the rise in the country. The AP agency drew attention to it, writes TASR.
Women’s rights organizations are urging the Kenyan government to declare gender-based violence a national crisis.
Protests in the streets of Nairobi
Women marched through the streets of Nairobi under police escort, holding placards reading “Stop Killing Women”. The protesters also sought to raise awareness of reports of a recent increase in child disappearances. Gender Affairs Minister Hannah Wendot last week called for an immediate investigation into the cases.
Kenyan police announced in May that they had established a unit to investigate gender-based violence, staffed by criminal intelligence analysts, forensics experts, homicide investigators and other specialists.
Most cases of such violence are related to domestic disputes, intimate partner violence, sexual offenses, assaults and unresolved family conflicts, according to police.
The Federation of Women Lawyers of Kenya says it receives about 70 cases of gender-based violence every week in its three offices in Nairobi, the port city of Mombasa and the Lake Victoria city of Kisumu.
