Rights & Civic Engagement
Gender Based Violence Awareness
Rafiki wa Maendeleo Trust
Awareness Campaign
According to the World Health Organization, one third of women worldwide have experienced violence; the high prevalence of violence is linked with higher rates of HIV infection. This disturbing trend has a profound effect on families, communities and societies as a whole.
In Kenya, a recent study found that 32% of young women aged 18–24 years and 18% of their male counterparts reported experiencing sexual violence before the age of 18. Gender-based violence reduces the bargaining power to negotiate safer sex, stay on treatment, or remain in school. Girls and young women account for 74% of new HIV infections among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. There are 1000 new infections a day.
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Featured Stories
Klaris Awino Achieng
Klaris is a widow from Lusi village and a member of the pioneer cohort of Street Business School. A year after graduation, she is operating a second business of selling fish, made possible by her savings and borrowings from her local VSLA group.
The Solar Power Difference
Somewhere in Masala Got stands a grass thatched house, surrounded by the most beautiful natural stone landscape. Inside the house await three giggling siblings and their mother.
Mercy
Mercy is a recent graduate of Street Business School. She started with a loan of KES 200 and a handful of bananas. Mercy has since grown her business to include the sale of avocados and oranges, earning an average of Ksh. 1,000 per week.