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GBV is a silent crisis in Kenya—1 in 3 women face it, but we can break the cycle. Let's amplify voices, educate communities, and protect lives. Together, we can end Gender-Based Violence. 💪🗣️ #EndGBV #KenyaAgainstGBV #BreakTheSilence #Blessed Citron

Rebecca Cheptegei's story is a heartbreaking reminder of the brutality too many women face. Four in 10 women or an estimated 41% of dating or married Kenyan women have experienced physical or sexual violence perpetrated by their current or most recent partner, according to the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2022. We must break this cycle! Speak out, support survivors, and demand accountability. Violence is never the answer. #16DaysOfActivism

As the world challenges violence against women and girls, Kenyan police teargas peaceful protesters in Nairobi at the start of the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. With 97 femicide cases reported in three months, activists demand accountability and urgent action.

145 facilities behind pollution of Nairobi rivers The Kenyan government has mapped out 145 facilities along the Nairobi Rivers basin, which discharge industrial effluent into the Rivers, the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry has announced. In a statement, Cabinet Secretary Adan Duale said the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) established that the facilities discharge industrial effluent into the Rivers because of their malfunctioning Effluent Treatment Plants. https://lnkd.in/e4gEiE4Q

A community-based approach to reviving the seagrass in Kenya Off the coast in Kenya's Wasini, destructive fishing practices alongside the impact of climate change, destroyed most of the seagrass meadows. However, a community-based approach is reviving the seagrass. As a result, the marine life forms that disappeared after the destruction of seagrass, are also seeing a wave of revival. https://lnkd.in/em-DTncf

GBV is a silent crisis in Kenya—1 in 3 women face it, but we can break the cycle. Let's amplify voices, educate communities, and protect lives. Together, we can end Gender-Based Violence. 💪🗣️ #EndGBV #KenyaAgainstGBV #BreakTheSilence #Blessed Citron

Kenyan herders are using carbon trading for income and soil restoration amid worsening drought conditions Herders in Kenya are adapting to harsher droughts by setting aside 4.6 million acres for soil restoration through rotational grazing and carbon trading. The project, managed by the Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT), attracts funds from companies like Netflix and British Airways seeking carbon offsets. https://lnkd.in/eMrhQSuE #climatechange #environment #climateaction #Blessedcitron

Plastic-eating insect discovered in Kenya! There’s been an exciting new discovery in Kenya in the fight against plastic pollution: mealworm larvae that are capable of consuming polystyrene. They join the ranks of a small group of insects that have been found to be capable of breaking the polluting plastic down, though this is the first time that an insect species native to Africa has been found to do this. https://lnkd.in/eCfcPGe4

Twenty-four-year-old Dorcas Naishorua, who was named Miss Climate Kenya in May, has experienced what climate change can do to lives and livelihoods. Naishorua is a member of the Maasai tribe. Her community relies on livestock for survival. Members move from one place to another in search of water and pasture for their animals to survive. "Since the onset of the serious climate crisis, I have personally been affected by it,” she said. “The same livestock my parents depended on to take me to school, most of them were lost during the drought, and due to that, I had to cut short my education." Naishorua said she is using her platform to educate her community about climate change and how to deal with its effects. #climatechange https://lnkd.in/dbg9VR7J

Environment Cabinet Secretary, Aden Duale, is proposing an eco tax on imported finished products. In a notice, Duale says that the revenue will be used to mitigate the financial burden posed by environmental pollution and a lack of sustainable waste management systems. If the bill passes, every person that introduces goods, products, or packaging materials into the country will be needed to pay a fee that will cater for all the post-consumption aspects of waste management, such as recycling and incineration processes, which Duale says still “leave some residual waste behind which needs to be disposed of properly and sustainably.’ #Recycling #sustainability #Ecotax https://lnkd.in/dQs2wZUH