Kenyan Anti-FGM Law Punishes Victims More Often Than Perpetrators, CFJ’s TrialWatch Finds
Monitoring Prosecutions under the Prohibition of FGM ACT In Kenya
A new report released today by the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s TrialWatch initiative, in partnership with the American Bar Association Center for Human Rights (ABA CHR), found Kenyan authorities have used the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (PFGM) Act to disproportionately punish victims of FGM, not perpetrators—turning the law against the very people it is…
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Fundamental Failures
Systemic Failures: Cross-Cutting Barriers to Justice
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Causes and Drivers of Gender-Based Violence
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