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Combatting the ‘systematic pattern’ of femicide in Kenya

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Combatting the ‘systematic pattern’ of femicide in Kenya

Recent years have seen protests erupt across Kenyan cities over an alarming rise in gender-based violence and recent spate of high-profile killings has put the country’s femicide crisis back in the spotlight. Women's rights organisations say enough is enough and many gathered in Nairobi on Wednesday to demand government action. France 24’s Bastien Renouil met with one of the women leading the charge - Christine Kungu, from Kenya's Federation of Women Lawyers.

Recent years have seen protests erupt across Kenyan cities over an alarming rise in gender-based violence and recent spate of high-profile killings has put the country’s femicide crisis back in the spotlight. Women's rights organisations say enough is enough and many gathered in Nairobi on Wednesday to demand government action. France 24’s Bastien Renouil met with one of the women leading the charge - Christine Kungu, from Kenya's Federation of Women Lawyers.

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