Countries: Kenya
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"The man had for months been consuming content by Kenya’s most prominent 'masculinity influencers,' who lead Kenya’s arm of the more global 'manosphere' — where content is put out across websites, blogs and social media accounts promoting a certain lifestyle, focused on masculinity and opposing feminism — which she believes changed his views towards her" (para. 3). "While much has been said about the West’s grappling with this issue, what’s often overlooked is the growth and amplification of several other prominent manosphere voices in the Global South, with some countries leading their regions, such as Kenya" (para. 8). "Two figures, Eric Amunga, a public figure known by his alias “Amerix,”...more

Countries: Kenya
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1

"[Njeri wa Migwi is the] co-founder and executive director of Usikimye, a non-profit in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi that works with women – and some men – who are experiencing sexual and gender-based violence at home" (para. 3).

Countries: Kenya
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1

"Mental, sexual and reproductive rights advocate Onyango Otieno agrees, adding that he believes influencers exploit the country’s patriarchal structure. “Patriarchy gives (men) the illusion that they are above everything,” Otieno said. “It promises boys this power they saw with their fathers, they want to emulate the same thing in the future.” But he explained that this also tells men not to express their emotions, that it would make them look weak, creating a deep-rooted instability that masculinity influencers then take advantage of" (para 31-32)."Women’s rights activist Migwi is also worried about the impact of this popular rhetoric on Kenya’s younger generation of men. Her team (all women) often visit high...more

Countries: Kenya
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-2

"Nakuru county has one of the highest rates of HIV infection in Kenya, and Baby Girl, supported by US aid agency USAID, is on a mission to educate people about the risks of unprotected sex. She has an office at Karagita Community Health Centre, near Lake Naivasha, where she works providing condoms and advice" (para 46-47).

Countries: Kenya
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1

"Prostitution is a cash crop in Maai Mahiu; the truckers basically fuel it. And that's how we benefit. It's been normalised in Maai Mahiu," she explained, adding that she had one girl as young as 13, who had already been "working" for six months" (para 9). This quote indicates a high level of normalization for prostitution, specifically in the transit town of Maai Mahiu, which does not necessarily indicate a similar level of acceptance across Kenya as a whole (NAC - CODER COMMENT)."Under the penal code it is illegal to live from the earnings of prostitution, either as a sex worker or third party facilitating or profiting from prostitution" (para...more

Countries: Kenya
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-4

"A former sex worker, known as "Baby Girl", now provides refuge in Maai Mahiu [a transit town outside Nairobi in Kenya's Rift Valley] for girls who have escaped sexual abuse"

Countries: Kenya
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-2

"Two undercover investigators, posing as sex workers wanting to learn how to become madams, spent months earlier this year infiltrating the sex trade in the town. Their secret filming reveals two different women who say they know it is illegal and then introduce the investigators to underage girls in the sex industry" (para 4-5).

Countries: Kenya
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2

"A BBC Africa Eye investigation has revealed how girls as young as 13 are being trafficked for sex in Kenya, with the help of women known as "madams". In the transit town of Maai Mahiu, in Kenya's Rift Valley, trucks and lorries pound the streets day and night transporting goods and people across the country into Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo" (para 1-2). "The BBC's grainy footage filmed on the street in the dark showed one woman, who calls herself Nyambura, laughing as she says: 'They're still children, so it's easy to manipulate them by just handing them sweets'" (para 8). This quote clearly indicates...more

Countries: Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: AFE-SCALE-1

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Countries: Kenya
Variables: ABO-LAW-1

"In Kenya, abortion is not permitted unless, in the opinion of a trained health professional, there is need for emergency treatment, or the life or health of the mother is in danger, or if permitted by any other written law. In 2012, the Ministry of Health launched the standards and guidelines for reducing maternal mortality due to abortion, which were briefly withdrawn and reinstated by the Kenyan high court creating some confusion around PAC provision including disruption of PAC training to providers, supplies and commodities to health facilities" (Page 2).

Countries: Kenya
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

Table 15.5 shows that in 2023, secondary school enrollment numbers for boys and girls was 2,023,892 and 2,084,221 respectively. Using information on the population of 15-19 year olds in Kenya from the U.S. Census Bureau's International Data Base, Gross enrollment rates can be approximated to be 64% for males and 68% for females. From this, the GPI can be calcuated as 1.06 (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Kenya
Variables: ATFPA-PRACTICE-2

"At a gathering of athletes in Iten, half a dozen women shared stories with CNN of alleged physical, emotional or financial abuse at the hands of an intimate partner. One woman said she had to hand over all her prize money to her husband so he could maintain his image as the family breadwinner" (par. 25).

Countries: Kenya
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1

"Investigators declared Tirop's husband a suspect. And in Mutua's killing, the main suspect was her boyfriend. Iten, an idyllic town perched almost 2,400 meters (about 8,000 feet) above sea level and a revered training ground for long-distance runners, was now making global headlines for the brutal killings of two women athletes, allegedly at the hands of their intimate partners" (par. 10-11).

Countries: Kenya
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1

"Most mornings, Agnes and her brother, in matching lime green tights and black T shirts, would lace up their sneakers and join other runners. The young woman's success had begun to transform her family's fortunes. 'Agnes had made it and was lifting our family out of poverty,' Martin tells CNN. 'My parents had lived in a grass-thatched house all their lives until she bought them land and built them a brick house. She'd brought us so much hope'" (par. 17).

Countries: Kenya
Variables: SRACE-PRACTICE-1

"Martin Tirop pumps his fists in the air as Faith Kipyegon wins her third 1,500-meter gold medal at the World Athletics Championships on Tuesday in Budapest" (par. 1). "In the world of elite running, Agnes had been a rising star. She broke the women's 10km record in Germany in September 2021, about a month after placing fourth in the 5,000 meters at the Tokyo Olympics" (par. 6). "Mutua had just placed third at a half marathon in Angola earlier that month. She was a bronze medalist at the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympics" (par. 9).