Nearly half of women in Kenya experience gender-based violence over the course of their lifetimes, and a third of Kenyan girls experience some form of sexual violence before turning 18, according to the Gender Violence Recovery Centre.
“I'm scared,” said 17-year-old Latifah Shaban, who shared a bunk bed with Makokha.“I've heard a lot of rape cases. I'm just always scared about men… it's worse,” she said.
“As much as we are trying to ensure that the girls are safe,outside they…. are not safe,” said Claris Akinyi, the school's principal.Tirop's family told Kenya Television Network that she had separated from the man suspected of killing her because she suspected he had cheated on her when she was competing in Japan.
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