Why many choose to suffer in silence

Statistics are grim and suggestive on gender-based violence (GBV). In a recent Federation of Women Lawyers (Fida) Kenya report, it emerged that 80 per cent of the perpetrators of gender-based violence were men, and only 14 per cent were women. Five per cent was attributed to parents and custodians.

This is proof that GBV exists right under our noses and therefore, we are all susceptible to it. According to Catherine Mbau, a psychologist, violence has detrimental effects on the mind of the person it’s meted on.