Femicide and Intimate Partner Violence in Kenya: Unpacking the Numbers and the Crisis we Cannot Ignore
By Edwin Wanjawa and Dommie Yambo-Odotte
Kenya is witnessing an alarming rise in femicide and intimate partner violence (IPV), and the data—though fragmented—draws a painful and urgent picture. Civil society, journalists, and health facilities estimate that the country records more than 500 femicide cases each year. Between 2016 and 2024 alone, over 1,000 women were...
The Future of Digital Safety in Kenya: Why Accountability Can No Longer Wait
By Edwin Wanjawa and Dommie Yambo-Odotte
For many Kenyans, digital gender-based violence (GBV) is still casually dismissed as “online drama.” But for survivors, it is trauma without borders. It destroys reputations, ruptures families, destabilises mental health, threatens livelihoods, and in far too many cases, spills into physical harm. As Kenya concludes the 16 Days of...
Unpacking Violence Against Women in Politics and Media
Unpacking Violence Against Women
The Mental Health Impact of Online Violence
By Edwin Wanjawa and Dommie Yambo-Odotte
Research across the world consistently shows that digital violence is closely linked to mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, and suicidal behaviour. A 2024 systematic review on cyberbullying and mental health, for instance, found high levels of depression, anxiety, stress, and suicidal behaviour among victims of online abuse. ...
Women, Marginalisation, and Digital Violence
By Edwin Wanjawa and Dommie Yambo-Odotte
The digital sphere has become an indispensable space for communication, self-expression, and political participation. Yet for many women across the world, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, this space is fraught with danger. Digital violence—manifesting through targeted cyberattacks, harassment, disinformation, and hate speech—mirrors and amplifies offline inequalities. It is a contemporary...
Audio Brief By Stella Nderitu – KNIT Member
The Kenya National Interface Team (KNIT) has since 2015 been holding sessions aimed at addressing issues that have set Kenya on a challenging political and social trajectory since independence. The weakening of governance and social institutions that have resulted from this, threatens the very core of Kenya’s unity and peaceful...
Cyberbullying and Online Harassment of Women Leaders — The Digital Battlefield Silencing Women’s Voices
By Edwin Wanjawa and Dommie Yambo-Odotte
On this ninth day of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, we turn to a quieter, more insidious form of abuse — one that plays out not in dark alleyways or behind closed doors, but in the bright glare of digital platforms. Cyberbullying and online harassment have...
Progress Made in Women’s Leadership in Politics and Media
Progress Made in Women's Leadership