HUMAN rights campaigners say the run-up to this week’s elections in Kenya have been marred by unprecedented levels of violence against women.
All presidential candidates are men but many female politicians and activists have suffered assaults, including rape, activists say.
The International Federation for Human Rights said women also faced aggressive sexist language, online abuse, gender stereotyping and sexual harassment. They say such tactics are used in a deliberate attempt to prevent women from participating in politics. — BBC
