Jane Godia

ACORD Kenya

Violence against women spikes during heated electioneering

Some success in reducing the abuses, but obstacles to their elimination remain

Eunice Achieng Omondi, a survivor of violence hands checks on the vegetables she is taking to the market during a meeting with members of Usoma Support Group for Survivors of Violence in Kisumu. Picture Jane Godia

Violence against women spike during heated electioneering

Some success seen reducing the abuses but obstacles to their elimination remain

Women leaders and representatives of Kenya’s electoral body, the police and the UN sit at the Women’s Situation Room in Nairobi, Kenya that used diplomacy to help reduce electoral violence during Kenya’s last general elections. Photo: Joseph Mathenge

Women’s Situation Room: Africa’s unique approach to reducing electoral violence

How an innovative real-time intervention in Kenya used women’s strengths to protect voters and help keep the peace before and after voting day