Kenya GBV cases higher than global average

Participants walk in Kisii town in solidarity with women who lost their lives to femicide as they closed 16 days of Gender Activism. They asked the police to take action on perpetrators. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

Gender-based violence (GBV) cases in Kenya are more than the global average of 27 percent.

According to the Gender Coordinator at the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) Kenya, Ms. Naima Ali, Kenya has 38 percent of GBV cases although many cases go unreported.