County leaders must work together to eradicate gender-based violence

39 per cent of women have experienced some form of SGBV since they were 15 years old. [iStockphoto]

Violence against women is perhaps the most widespread and socially tolerated of human rights violations, cutting across borders, race, class, ethnicity and religion.

Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is a particularly disturbing phenomenon which exists in all regions globally particularly during crisis such as the pandemic. Kisumu is not an exception to this form of brutality which negatively affects women and girls in particular.