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Ending Gender-Based Violence in Kenya requires looking beyond criminal acts.[Courtesy]
Picture this: Two children in Nairobi die in a fire, with their mother sustaining severe burn injuries, after a domestic quarrel. In Mombasa, a mother dies after sustaining serious bodily injuries following a fight with her husband. The next day, it may be both mother and children. And so, the vicious cycle of domestic violence continues.
While Kenya has made notable progress in the fight against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), the crisis continues to claim lives. It will persist until we understand GBV as a cultural and psychological problem.
The Nairobi and Mombasa incidents, which happened on March 17 and April 14 this year, respectively, are a sample of many GBV cases that ended fatally, but announced their coming. For instance, in the Mombasa case, the victim, a mother of two, allegedly made several distress calls and even reported the violent threats by her husband to the authorities before the fatal incident.
