For years, intellectually challenged women and girls in Kenya have faced systemic discrimination, not just from society but also from the very laws meant to protect them. Until 2024, Section 146 of the Penal Code and Section 125(2) of the Evidence Act referred to intellectually challenged individuals using derogatory terms such as “idiots” and “imbeciles” … Read more
Press Release Nairobi, 21 January 2014 on Wednesday, 22 January 2014, four civil society organizations and eight individual petitioners begin their trial against the Attorney General and five other senior government officials for their failure to protect victims of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) during the post-election violence of 2007-8, their failure to investigate and prosecute the perpetrators, and … Read more
What is this case about? A group of individuals and civil society organizations are filing a petition in the Constitutional and Human Rights Division of the High Court of Kenya seeking to compel the Government of Kenya to address the SGBV that occurred during the 2007/2008 post-election violence. The petitioners claim that the government failed … Read more