In 2021, then-Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta promised to end gender-based violence within five years. We talk to experts about the country’s progress.
Former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta pledged, shortly before the end of his term in 2022, to end gender-based violence in his country by 2026. With two years left before 2026, is Kenya still on track to fulfill the promises made to Kenyan women?
On today’s episode of the Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women, we talk to women’s rights activists who have pressed the Kenyan government to uphold its pledge to end gender-based violence. First, reporter Pauline Ongaji speaks with Audrey Mugeni, the co-founder of Counting Dead Women Kenya, about the state of femicide in Kenya. Then we hear from Anne Ireri, the executive director of the Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya, or FIDA Kenya. Founded more than 35 years ago, FIDA Kenya says it has provided legal aid to millions of women—including thousands since Kenyatta’s pledge to end gender-based violence. Ireri talked about that pledge and FIDA Kenya’s other work with our senior producer, Laura Rosbrow-Telem.
While this is our last episode of the season, you will not need to wait long for HERO Season 6. Starting in March, we will focus our entire next season on girls—including how they’re thriving, despite the odds, and what they need most from the rest of the world right now. So stay tuned.
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Could empowering women in the workplace be the simplest way to boost the global economy? Host Reena Ninan talks to women around the world changing the status quo in surprising ways to improve their lives, their families, and ultimately, the world. The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women (HER♀) is a Foreign Policy podcast supported in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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