Kenyan women are calling out the gender-based violence they regularly face

Hundreds of women in Nairobi marked International Women’s Day by marching to the national police headquarters to demand justice over sexual assault in public spaces.

They are calling for the regulation of the boda boda (commuter motorbikes) sector after video emerged showing a woman being sexually assaulted by boda boda drivers on a busy Nairobi road on Friday. A mob surrounded the victim’s car following a road accident. They ripped her clothes and groped her as she shouted for help. The video, which sparked outrage on social media yesterday, ends with a police officer wading through the crowd to the woman’s rescue.

At the march this morning, women carried placards with messages like “usinishike”, which is Swahili for “don’t touch me”.

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