By Pauline Ongaji
As the world continues to mark the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, Kenya on the other hand has little to celebrate about when it comes to curbing violence against women and girls.
This is as the number of gender based violence victims continues to rise. Last week the Nation published photos of victims of reported cases of gender based violence, and as usual, women and girls dominated.
Shock
While these statistics seemed to shock many, the fact of the matter is that these incidences continue to happen every day, before our eyes. One would ask why are these cases rising even in enlightened societies like Kenya?
The shocking thing is that most of the time people see and delay to act or end up saying nothing to stop the perpetrators.
There are quite a number of examples to justify this statement. A few weeks ago, the internet was buzzing after a video clip emerged online showing this lady cashier who was attacked mercilessly by her colleague in a supermarket.
