Comments on: Violence and women in Kenya http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=24 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 07:52:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Kenya in crisis: a search for citizen cameras… » WITNESS Blog http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=24&cpage=1#comment-741 Kenya in crisis: a search for citizen cameras… » WITNESS Blog Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:33:18 +0000 http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=24#comment-741 [...] but either way, evidence of brutal violence continues to emerge, both in terms of killings and of violence against women and girls, and there’s news of an impending health crisis. For a quick tour d’horizon, including [...] [...] but either way, evidence of brutal violence continues to emerge, both in terms of killings and of violence against women and girls, and there’s news of an impending health crisis. For a quick tour d’horizon, including [...]

]]> By: winnie soi http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=24&cpage=1#comment-621 winnie soi Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:52:30 +0000 http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=24#comment-621 violence against women has come 2 a rise in Kenya.a spirit of gender sensitivity should be brought up,status of women should be raised to end these atrocities.thanks to the organizations that have come up to support women and children not forgetting those women leaders who stand out and speak for other women in general.ending all this imp unities will help build a strong nation. violence against women has come 2 a rise in Kenya.a spirit of gender sensitivity should be brought up,status of women should be raised to end these atrocities.thanks to the organizations that have come up to support women and children not forgetting those women leaders who stand out and speak for other women in general.ending all this imp unities will help build a strong nation.

]]> By: safari http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=24&cpage=1#comment-507 safari Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:08:35 +0000 http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=24#comment-507 Killing, destroying property and displacing our brothers and sisters creates a legacy that will haunt our children and their children. Let us stand up for each other, irrespective of our ethnic backgrounds and political persuasions. Injustice to one is injustice to all of us. If we, individually and collectively, are not the conscience of our country, then who is?” --- We should always remember this. Killing, destroying property and displacing our brothers and sisters creates a legacy that will haunt our children and their children. Let us stand up for each other, irrespective of our ethnic backgrounds and political persuasions. Injustice to one is injustice to all of us. If we, individually and collectively, are not the conscience of our country, then who is?” — We should always remember this.

]]> By: Background information on the political crisis in Kenya | Eyes on Kenya http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=24&cpage=1#comment-321 Background information on the political crisis in Kenya | Eyes on Kenya Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:51:33 +0000 http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=24#comment-321 [...] “Violence and women in Kenya” portraits the Kenyans Prof. Wangari Maathai, Dekha Ibrahim Abdi and Gladwell Otieno and takes a closer look at violence against female candidates in the pre-election period. [...] [...] “Violence and women in Kenya” portraits the Kenyans Prof. Wangari Maathai, Dekha Ibrahim Abdi and Gladwell Otieno and takes a closer look at violence against female candidates in the pre-election period. [...]

]]> By: Eyes on Kenya » Orange Democratic Movement Member of Parliament David Kimutai Too shot dead by a Police officer | http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=24&cpage=1#comment-211 Eyes on Kenya » Orange Democratic Movement Member of Parliament David Kimutai Too shot dead by a Police officer | Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:09:58 +0000 http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=24#comment-211 [...] protection and security for opposition politicians.Only a few days after Nobel Peace Price winner Wangari Maathai criticized the government for failing to provide security for its citizens, the Minister of [...] [...] protection and security for opposition politicians.Only a few days after Nobel Peace Price winner Wangari Maathai criticized the government for failing to provide security for its citizens, the Minister of [...]

]]> By: Eyes on Kenya » Habari ya leo - Today’s news from Kenya 01/24/2008 | http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=24&cpage=1#comment-120 Eyes on Kenya » Habari ya leo - Today’s news from Kenya 01/24/2008 | Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:58:57 +0000 http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=24#comment-120 [...] Violence against women seems to explode. According to reuters , reported cases of rape and sexual attacks against women have doubled in areas of Kenya hit by political violence amid a climate of impunity for gangs carrying them out, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday. In an interview with Reuters, Kathleen Cravero, director of the world body’s Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, called for aid programs in the East African nation to make sure that vulnerable women and girls were protected from attack. “In Nairobi hospital and in the medical centers and hospitals around the areas of greatest violence, the number of rapes and sexual attacks being reported by women and being handled by medical personnel has doubled,” Cravero said. “What that tells us is that we have a very serious problem indeed because only a small percentage of rapes and sexual attacks are ever reported in Kenya or in many other countries.”Cravero stopped short of directly accusing the Kenyan government of ignoring the problem but said the political violence had led to “an environment that is tolerating very high levels of rape and sexual attack against women”. She said she was sure there was targeting of women for political or ethnic reasons although there was no evidence that either side was particularly responsible. But much of the sexual violence was opportunistic, she said.”Gangs find a woman who’s searching for firewood, gangs find a couple of young girls that are fetching water,” Cravero said. “There’s nothing to stop them, there’s a climate of impunity, they’re sure there will be no consequences, so it happens, and this is what we have to stop.” [...] [...] Violence against women seems to explode. According to reuters , reported cases of rape and sexual attacks against women have doubled in areas of Kenya hit by political violence amid a climate of impunity for gangs carrying them out, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday. In an interview with Reuters, Kathleen Cravero, director of the world body’s Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, called for aid programs in the East African nation to make sure that vulnerable women and girls were protected from attack. “In Nairobi hospital and in the medical centers and hospitals around the areas of greatest violence, the number of rapes and sexual attacks being reported by women and being handled by medical personnel has doubled,” Cravero said. “What that tells us is that we have a very serious problem indeed because only a small percentage of rapes and sexual attacks are ever reported in Kenya or in many other countries.”Cravero stopped short of directly accusing the Kenyan government of ignoring the problem but said the political violence had led to “an environment that is tolerating very high levels of rape and sexual attack against women”. She said she was sure there was targeting of women for political or ethnic reasons although there was no evidence that either side was particularly responsible. But much of the sexual violence was opportunistic, she said.”Gangs find a woman who’s searching for firewood, gangs find a couple of young girls that are fetching water,” Cravero said. “There’s nothing to stop them, there’s a climate of impunity, they’re sure there will be no consequences, so it happens, and this is what we have to stop.” [...]

]]> By: Lisa http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=24&cpage=1#comment-57 Lisa Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:14:06 +0000 http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=24#comment-57 I just came across the post: "Sisterhood is greater than tribe" from Afrofeminizta. http://afrofeminizta.blogspot.com/index.html#5793351249070237198 With all the bad news, it is good to read some words with hope. I just came across the post: “Sisterhood is greater than tribe” from Afrofeminizta. http://afrofeminizta.blogspot.com/index.html#5793351249070237198

With all the bad news, it is good to read some words with hope.

]]> By: Eyes on Kenya » Blog Archive » Eyes on the World Bank and Kibaki’s economy http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=24&cpage=1#comment-49 Eyes on Kenya » Blog Archive » Eyes on the World Bank and Kibaki’s economy Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:29:06 +0000 http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=24#comment-49 [...] for the 2002 election. He managed to temporarily disarm Transparency International by pulling the leading figures into his government. And in the same way, he has played the World Bank officials like the Ruler in Ngugi wa [...] [...] for the 2002 election. He managed to temporarily disarm Transparency International by pulling the leading figures into his government. And in the same way, he has played the World Bank officials like the Ruler in Ngugi wa [...]

]]> By: Jannek http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=24&cpage=1#comment-44 Jannek Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:50:54 +0000 http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=24#comment-44 from http://www.ushahidi.com/incident.asp?id=25 ODM women league demonstrators tear-gassed Police fired tear gas to disperse ODM women league demonstrations in nairobi. Inspite of the fact that it was a peaceful demonstration, a police spokesman justified their actions by citing the ban all demonstrations by the governement See Pictures: http://www.news24.com/News24/Gallery/Home/0,,galleries-1-5383,00.html from http://www.ushahidi.com/incident.asp?id=25

ODM women league demonstrators tear-gassed
Police fired tear gas to disperse ODM women league demonstrations in nairobi. Inspite of the fact that it was a peaceful demonstration, a police spokesman justified their actions by citing the ban all demonstrations by the governement

See Pictures:
http://www.news24.com/News24/Gallery/Home/0,,galleries-1-5383,00.html

]]> By: Jannek http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=24&cpage=1#comment-32 Jannek Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:41:45 +0000 http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=24#comment-32 From BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7181184.stm "Earlier, police fired tear gas to disperse a group of about 100 women who were protesting about the election. Some of them lay down and stripped to their bras, shouting "Shame on you" at the riot police, reports the Reuters news agency." From BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7181184.stm

“Earlier, police fired tear gas to disperse a group of about 100 women who were protesting about the election. Some of them lay down and stripped to their bras, shouting “Shame on you” at the riot police, reports the Reuters news agency.”

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