Opening Hours
President Uhuru Kenyatta has decried the rising cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Africa saying the situation had reached global emergency levels.
He said Covid-19 had exacerbated the already dire global GBV situation and called for urgent corrective action by the international community.
“Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the situation, and turned Gender Based Violence into a global emergency.
Emerging data indicates a surge of at least 25% in violence against women around the world,” President Kenyatta said.
The Kenyan Head of State spoke on Wednesday evening during a panel discussion at the opening session of Generation Equality Forum (GEF) in Paris, France. GEF is a global gender equality gathering convened by UN Women and co-hosted by Mexico and France.
President Kenyatta, who is accompanied by Cabinet Secretaries Raychelle Omamo (Foreign Affairs), James Macharia (Infrastructure), and Prof Margaret Kobia (Gender), is in Paris on a two-day Official Visit during which he is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron. #GenerationEquality
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