About this episode

The episode discusses Kenya's efforts to address femicide and gender-based violence through a task force and the challenges that remain.

Last year Kenya’s President William Ruto established a task force to investigate the escalating cases of gender-based violence including femicide. The task force travelled around the country gathering information and at the beginning of this year published its recommendations, which are now being debated in parliament. One of those recommendations is the legal recognition of femicide as a standalone crime. UN Women, the United Nations agency which promotes the empowerment and rights of girls and women, have been working with grassroots organisations in Kenya on male engagement strategies, to change perceptions of the role of men and women. But the UN Women’s representative in Kenya, acknowledges that challenges remain. In the meantime, women continue to march in protest and the country waits to see if President Ruto will implement the task force recommendations. So, is Kenya serious about ending femicide? Contributors Shyleen Momanyi, executive director, Young Women’s Leadership Institute, Nairobi, Kenya Dr Nancy Baraza, former deputy chief justice of the Republic of Kenya, senior law lecturer, University of Nairobi, chairperson of the technical working group on gender-based…

People in this episode

Host: Charmaine Cozier

Guests: Shyleen Momanyi, Dr Nancy Baraza, Consuelo Corradi, Antonia Sodonon

Topics covered

• femicide
• gender-based violence
• Kenya
• legal recognition
• women's rights
• male engagement strategies

Keywords

• femicide
• gender-based violence
• Kenya
• task force
• UN Women
• women's rights
• legal recognition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UN Women, Young Women’s Leadership Institute, University of Nairobi, Lumsa University

Places: Kenya, Rome, Nairobi

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