Shame on ‘dishonourable members’ who glorify sexual, ‘gender violence’
ActionAid Kenya’s Country Interim Executive Director, Susan Otieno (right), Leah Sang second (right), from Baringo County Drought Management Authority and a section of women from various groups at Tangulbei in Baringo County during a function to mark 16 days of activism on December 09, 2020.
We must pay tribute to individuals, the civil society and organisations that have been in the forefront in fighting against all forms of SGBV.
It is time to shame and reject individuals who come in the way of progress and efforts to rid of all forms of violence against women and girls.
Last week was one of the most difficult ones for Teresa in recent times. Although related encounters have almost defined her life since she started running a safe house for sexually abused girls aged between 3-14 years, this particular case has been quite a challenge.
For the whole week, it was nightmares for one of the girls who had not slept a wink. The little girl would wake up screaming, sweating and terribly shaken. She had been having terrible nightmares of the man who had raped her, ‘charging at her with a knife’. In addition, the safe house is grappling with another equally sad case of a 14-year-old recently rescued from a sexually abusive father.
