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Date: April 30, 2024 Tue
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1 results foundAuthor: Human Rights Watch Title: "They Were Men in Uniform": Sexual Violence against Women and Girls in Kenya's 2017 Elections Summary: Kenya's 2017 elections were marred by violence and serious human rights abuses, including widespread sexual violence against women and girls, and sexual attacks on men, in terms of numbers and locations. "They Were Men in Uniform" is based on interviews with 68 female and three male survivors, and 12 witnesses to the post-election violence in some of Nairobi's informal settlements, Kisumu, and Bungoma. It documents rape (including vaginal and anal rape), gang rape involving two or more perpetrators, mass rape, attempted rape, rape with an object, putting dirt into a woman's private parts, unwanted sexual touching, forced nudity, and beatings on genitals, including by members of Kenya's security forces and militia groups and civilians. The report highlights devastating physical, mental, social, and economicimpacts of the sexualviolence, as well as significant barriers that prevent many survivors from accessing even basicmedical and psychosocial support services and to seek justice for these crimes. For far too long, the Kenyan government has ignored election-related sexual crimes and victims' suffering. Kenyan authorities should take measures to protect women and girls, as well as men and boys, against sexual violence, properly investigate cases and hold perpetrators accountable, and ensure survivors of sexual violence have access to comprehensive, quality and timely post-rape care. Details: New York: HRW, 2017. 39p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 14, 2018 at: https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/kenya1217_web.pdf Year: 2017 Country: Kenya URL: https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/kenya1217_web.pdf Shelf Number: 149140 Keywords: Gang RapeHuman Rights Abuses Male Rape Rape Sex Crimes Sexual Violence Violence Against Women, Girls |