With femicide, cost of gender-based violence now too high, is ‘epidemic’
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The horror of gender-based violence (GBV) in the country was literally thrown into the faces of Kenyans last week with the shocking news of the brutal killing of a young star athlete.
And before the sad news of the fatal brutality that cut short the life of the 25-year-old celebrated long-distance runner Agnes Tirop in Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County, had sunk in, a similar horrific murder was reported in Kirinyaga County, The WON Executive Director Njeri Rugene writes in Daily Nation. Read more…
