On February 14, the Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project posted, “Today, Missing Voices launched the 2019 Annual Report on the State of Police Killings and Enforced Disappearances in Kenya.” PBI-Kenya continues, “As the World celebrates Valentine’s Day, Missing Voices is spreading roses not bullets in remembrance of victims of police killings Read more…
On February 10, the Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project posted, “Between 29th January and 1st February 2020, the Women Human Rights Defender (WHRD) Toolkit Organizers attended a campaign workshop in Cray Fish Camp, Naivasha.” The camp is located on Lake Naivasha about 100 kilometres north of Nairobi. PBI-Kenya adds, “They used Read more…
On February 3, Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project posted, “The Network of Mothers of Victims and Survivors of extra judicial killings is a movement anchored at Mathare Social Justice Centre which brings together men and women whose children were felled by police bullets, survivors of torture and victims of enforced disappearance.” Read more…
On January 21, the Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project posted, “Last week the WHRD Toolkit Organizers held a monthly mandazi meeting at Soweto resource center in Langata settlement.” A mandazi is a fried snack, similar to a donut, only triangular and far less sweet. Mandazis are always had with tea and Read more…
On December 11, the Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project posted, “Yesterday, on International Human Rights Day, PBI Switzerland organized a public screening of ‘Nairobi Half Life’ in Bern.” PBI-Kenya notes, “’Nairobi Half Life’ is about the struggle for survival of young men and women from poor backgrounds who try to find Read more…
Rahma Wako is a community organizer and passionate advocate for women’s rights and children’s rights. She is a human rights defender and advocate against gender-based violence. She’s the coordinator of the Mathare Social Justice Centre. Samuel Kiriro leads projects that help gang members leave crime and reintegrate into society. He Read more…
Friday August 30 is the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. The United Nations has explained, “On 21 December 2010, by its resolution 65/209 the UN General Assembly … decided to declare 30 August the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, to be observed beginning in Read more…
The Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project accompanies human rights defenders in Nairobi’s informal urban settlements. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has highlighted, “Living conditions are shocking and intolerable [in these settlements]. Residents often live without water and sanitation and are in constant fear of eviction.” Our Annual Read more…
On June 18, PBI France and allies held Conférence : Lutter contre les violences de genre (the ‘Fight against gender violence: Cross perspectives France Kenya’) at La Mutinerie in Paris. The evening featured Kate Wangui, Ynaée Benaben and Fatima Ouassak. Kate is with Kibera Women for Peace and Fairness, which Read more…