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Domestic violence in Kenya constitutes any harmful behavior against a family member or partner, including rape, assault, physical abuse, and forced prostitution. [1] Domestic violence in Kenya reflects worldwide statistics in that women are the overwhelming majority of victims.
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In Kenya, women are protected from discrimination by the law. These laws include the (2010), for instance, the constitutional provisions found in The Constitution of the Republic of Kenya as well as The Employment Act No 11 of 2007 enacted in (2007). [35] One such law is The Sexual Offences Act No 3 of 2006, which criminalises sexual violence.
Tirop’s death at the age of 25 shocked Kenya and led to current and former athletes setting up the non-profit charity foundation Tirop’s Angels to combat domestic violence against women and girls.
Domestic violence occurs across the world, in various cultures, [1] and affects people across society, at all levels of economic status; [2] however, indicators of lower socioeconomic status (such as unemployment and low income) have been shown to be risk factors for higher levels of domestic violence in several studies. [3]
They can be subject to female genital mutilation, forced marriage with the elders, rape, and domestic violence. [4] In 2003, Amnesty International reported credible evidence of numerous rapes of Kenyan women by members of the British Army for decades. [5] A case was brought up against the British military for the rapes of over 1,400 Samburu women.
If you or a loved one is a victim of abuse, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233, or log on to thehotline.org for help, or call 911 if physical abuse is happening or imminent.
In an extreme case of violence in 1991, 71 teenage girls were raped by their classmates and 19 others were killed at a boarding school in Meru, Kenya. [46] While much of the research in this field comes from Africa, it is not clear whether this reflects a particularly high prevalence of the problem or simply the fact that the problem has had a ...