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How can sports contribute in ending Gender-based violence

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Dr. Kakeya Ntaiya addressing attendees at the ICPD25 at KICC, Nairobi, on November 13, 2019. [David Gichuru, Standard]

Gender-based violence (GBV) is ferocity directed at an individual based on his or her sex or gender.

GBV includes physical, sexual, verbal, emotional, and psychological abuse, threats, coercion, and economic or educational deprivation, whether occurring in public or private life, according to Women for Women International.

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