For generations, Indigenous women and girls across Kenya have continued to endure deep-rooted discrimination, oppression, violence, and systemic injustice. Within many marginalized communities, harmful cultural practices and patriarchal systems have continued to expose women and girls to gender-based violence while denying them access to justice, protection, and dignity.

Practices such as early and forced marriages, female genital mutilation (FGM), wife battering, and other forms of abuse remain widespread in many Indigenous communities. Despite the devastating impact these violations have on survivors, many women continue to suffer in silence due to fear, stigma, social exclusion, and the absence of trusted protection systems.

For many survivors, justice remains out of reach.

Women who survive violence are often left with permanent physical injuries, emotional trauma, psychological scars, and disrupted livelihoods, yet perpetrators frequently evade accountability. In some cases, survivors receive little or no support from the institutions and systems mandated to protect their rights and safety.