Gender violence on the rise - new report

Gender-based violence remains a major social problem affecting many families in Kenya, a new report has documented. The annual report that details occurrences between 2011 to 2012 released yesterday at a Nairobi hotel by the Gender Violence Recovery Centre said the number of gender based violence has increased since 2010. In all cases documented between 2011 and 2012, 2,532 cases were related to sexual violence and 422 were of physical violence. “Sexual violence remained the most commonly reported form of abuse throughout the year...