Countries: Kenya
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1

"Two undercover investigators, posing as sex workers wanting to learn how to become madams, spent months earlier this year infiltrating the sex trade in the town. Their secret filming reveals two different women who say they know it is illegal and then introduce the investigators to underage girls in the sex industry" (para 4-5). The eagerness of the existing madams to introduce undercover investigators to victims of trafficking, immediately after acknowledging the legal prohibition on the practice, indicates that the laws against trafficking in Kenya are not taken seriously, at least amongst madams (NAC - CODER COMMENT)."The BBC gave all its evidence to the Kenyan police in March. The BBC...more

Countries: Kenya
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1

"Two undercover investigators, posing as sex workers wanting to learn how to become madams, spent months earlier this year infiltrating the sex trade in the town. Their secret filming reveals two different women who say they know it is illegal and then introduce the investigators to underage girls in the sex industry" (para 4-5)."Convictions are rare in Kenya. For successful prosecutions, police need testimonies from children. Often vulnerable minors are too afraid to testify" (para 7)."The trafficking or sale of minors under the age of 18 carries a prison sentence ranging from 10 years to life" (para 13).

Countries: Kenya
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-4

"A former sex worker, known as "Baby Girl", now provides refuge in Maai Mahiu [a transit town outside Nairobi in Kenya's Rift Valley] for girls who have escaped sexual abuse"

Countries: Kenya
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1

"Prostitution is a cash crop in Maai Mahiu; the truckers basically fuel it. And that's how we benefit. It's been normalised in Maai Mahiu," she explained, adding that she had one girl as young as 13, who had already been "working" for six months" (para 9). This quote indicates a high level of normalization for prostitution, specifically in the transit town of Maai Mahiu, which does not necessarily indicate a similar level of acceptance across Kenya as a whole (NAC - CODER COMMENT)."Under the penal code it is illegal to live from the earnings of prostitution, either as a sex worker or third party facilitating or profiting from prostitution" (para...more

Countries: Kenya
Variables: IRP-DATA-1

"There are no recent statistics on the number of children forced to work in Kenya's sex industry. In 2012, the US State Department Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Kenya cited an estimate of 30,000, a figure derived from the Kenyan government and now defunct non-governmental organisation (NGO), Eradicate Child Prostitution in Kenya. Other studies have focused on specific areas, especially along the country's coast - known for its tourist resorts. A 2022 report for the NGO Global Fund to End Modern Slavery found almost 2,500 children were forced into sex work in Kilifi and Kwale counties" (para 19-20)."It is not known how many children are forced into sex...more

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Variables: AFE-SCALE-1

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Countries: Kenya
Variables: ABO-LAW-1

"In Kenya, abortion is not permitted unless, in the opinion of a trained health professional, there is need for emergency treatment, or the life or health of the mother is in danger, or if permitted by any other written law. In 2012, the Ministry of Health launched the standards and guidelines for reducing maternal mortality due to abortion, which were briefly withdrawn and reinstated by the Kenyan high court creating some confusion around PAC provision including disruption of PAC training to providers, supplies and commodities to health facilities" (Page 2).

Countries: Kenya
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

Table 15.5 shows that in 2023, secondary school enrollment numbers for boys and girls was 2,023,892 and 2,084,221 respectively. Using information on the population of 15-19 year olds in Kenya from the U.S. Census Bureau's International Data Base, Gross enrollment rates can be approximated to be 64% for males and 68% for females. From this, the GPI can be calcuated as 1.06 (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Kenya
Variables: ATFPA-PRACTICE-2

"At a gathering of athletes in Iten, half a dozen women shared stories with CNN of alleged physical, emotional or financial abuse at the hands of an intimate partner. One woman said she had to hand over all her prize money to her husband so he could maintain his image as the family breadwinner" (par. 25).

Countries: Kenya
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1

"Investigators declared Tirop's husband a suspect. And in Mutua's killing, the main suspect was her boyfriend. Iten, an idyllic town perched almost 2,400 meters (about 8,000 feet) above sea level and a revered training ground for long-distance runners, was now making global headlines for the brutal killings of two women athletes, allegedly at the hands of their intimate partners" (par. 10-11).

Countries: Kenya
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1

"Most mornings, Agnes and her brother, in matching lime green tights and black T shirts, would lace up their sneakers and join other runners. The young woman's success had begun to transform her family's fortunes. 'Agnes had made it and was lifting our family out of poverty,' Martin tells CNN. 'My parents had lived in a grass-thatched house all their lives until she bought them land and built them a brick house. She'd brought us so much hope'" (par. 17).

Countries: Kenya
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-7

"Experts and runners alike tell CNN that in Iten, a mix of (potential) wealth, fame and a patriarchal culture -- where a man is expected to be the breadwinner -- leaves young ambitious women either prey to unscrupulous men trying to get their hands on their future earnings, or vulnerable to intimate partners who wish to control them" (par. 24).

Countries: Kenya
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1

"Reflecting on the precarious position that some female runners find themselves in, Njeri Migwi, founder of Usikimye, an organization that provides refuge to victims of sexual and gender-based violence across Kenya" (par. 26). "The event is organized by Tirop's Angels, a nonprofit group started in early 2022 by athletes and Agnes Tirop's family, which states among its objectives: Empowering women and girls at risk of violence, expanding services available to survivors, intensifying efforts to turn policy pledges into reality and engaging men and boys, traditional and faith leaders in prevention efforts" (par. 39).

Countries: Kenya
Variables: ABO-DATA-1

"According to the global human rights organisation, Center for Reproductive Rights, around seven women and girls die every day in Kenya because of unsafe abortions. Thousands more are hospitalised. At an unregulated clinic on the outskirts of Nairobi, the man in charge offers women abortions for 2,500 Kenyan shillings ($16; £13)" (par. 20-21).

Countries: Kenya
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1

"Edith is lying on a bed covered in old newspaper in a backstreet clinic in Nairobi. Her legs are held high by stirrups while a man in a white medical coat explains he is about to put some medicine inside her uterus. A red bucket of bleach containing medical instruments sits on the floor. The mum-of-three, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, is four months pregnant and is about to have an abortion. 'I had to terminate because I had to go back to work, and I have another small baby,' she later tells BBC Africa Eye. . .A lawyer told the BBC that having a child...more