Kenya despite a heightened awareness of the crisis and government measures to curb what the World Health Organization terms as femicide.

The year 2024 saw a marked increase of women being murdered in Kenya despite a heightened awareness of the crisis and ...

From the young woman brutally murdered and dismembered in a short-term rental apartment to the Olympic runner set on fire by her estranged boyfriend, a surge in violence against women in Kenya has ...

Analysis - Gender-based violence is a major challenge in Kenya, which has recorded a significant rise in deaths of women and girls in recent years.

STORY: A surge in violence against women in Kenya has spurred many to learn to fight back.At least 97 women across Kenya were ...

NAIROBI—Last September, Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei lost her life in Kenya at the hands of an intimate partner. Cheptegei’s partner, Dickson Ndiema, poured petrol on her and set her on fire ...

According to a recent report titled Silencing Women, 170 femicide cases were documented over the past 12 months, a significant increase in comparison to previous years.

The first anniversary and candlelight ceremony for the End Femicide Kenya Movement March were marked in Machakos, in ...

The family of Rita Waeni is lamenting about a stagnated investigation into the murder of their daughter, who was gruesomely killed and her body mutilated.

There was tension in Mathare as residents were alerted about the remains of human beings stuffed in sacks. The residents ...

Police in Kenya have arrested a man carrying a mutilated corpse in his backpack, which he reportedly said belonged to his ...

It comes only weeks after hundreds of women were tear gassed as they rallied in the capital Nairobi to demonstrate against femicide and demand action from the authorities.