Hundreds march against gender violence in Kenya

There were at least 152 cases of femicide in Kenya last year, according to non-profit Femicide Count, which keeps a tally of only reported incidents.

Activists gesture as they march through the Central Business District at a demonstration against an alarming rise in murders of young women in Nairobi on January 27, 2024. Several hundred people took to the streets of the capital holding placards that read "Being a woman should not be a death sentence", on January 27, 2024 to protest against femicide in Kenya where over a dozen women have been killed this month in cases that shocked the nation.

At least 16 women have been killed in Kenya this year, according to media reports, shining a spotlight on violence against women which the government has described as "rising".