The upsurge in killings is part of a broader pattern that got worse during economic hard times and pandemic lockdowns, human rights activists say.
The problem is the normalization of gender-based violence and the rhetoric that, yes, women are disposable, said Njeri wa Migwi, the co-founder of Usikimye.
The feminist scholar Diana Russell popularized the term femicide the killing of women or girls because of their gender to create a category that distinguishes it from other homicides.
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