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Celebrating Mama Rahma, women rights defender in Kiamaiko

Mama Rahma Wako, a human rights defender. [Photo/Standard]

As the world celebrated International Women's Day yesterday, Rahma Wako, a human rights defender, earned her place among heroines through her own struggles.

Ms Wako, who lives in Kiamaiko, an informal settlement in Nairobi largely dominated by the Borana and Burji communities, took it upon herself to bring change to her community after she was married off as a child and mistreated by her husband.

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