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Kenya loses Sh41bn annually to GBV as report reveals hotspots

Victim of GBV speaks on the traumatising experience she went through. (File, Standard)

Kenya is paying a brutal price for failing to protect women and girls as new report reveals that more than Sh41 billion is lost every year to Gender-Based Violence (GBV).

The report by the Technical Working Group on GBV including Femicide shows that these losses result from disrupted livelihoods, increased healthcare, legal processes, lost productivity, and unrealised economic potential.   

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