The Kenyan landlords helping fight gender-based violence
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The episode discusses how landlords in Kenya are collaborating with charities to combat gender-based violence in impoverished areas.
In Kenya, charities are working with landlords to fight gender-based violence – in particular the domestic violence experienced by women living in overcrowded, impoverished areas. In Kibera, one of the largest informal settlements in Africa , in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, the NGO CFK Africa has begun helping landlords to spot and respond to domestic violence and sexual assault. Siama Yusuf, senior programme officer for girls empowerment at CFK Africa, told RFI: "Kibera faces a persistent high level of gender-based violence, teenage pregnancy and sexual abuse." And this reflects broader national trends, she adds, with the situation intensified by poverty and overcrowding in informal settlements such as Kibera. " Violence often happens behind closed doors and goes unreported due to stigma, fear of retaliation, lack of trust in institutions and the belief that such issues are private family matters," she explained. Little by little, however, thanks to the way the charity is supporting landlords, some parts of Kenya are becoming safer places for women, as awareness on how to address the violence grows. Stigma and sisterhood: how one Kenyan woman knitted a healthcare revolution…
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