National Gender Based Violence Technical Working Group

Country	Kenya
Year	2017
Type of Measure	Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence	Violence against women and girls

Brief Description

One of the strategies applied by the Government of Kenya to change attitudes on violence against women was the establishment of a National Gender Based Violence (GBV) Technical Working Group and has been escalated in 25 counties. The groups consist of state and non-state actors and convene on monthly and quarterly basis. This is a platform that strengthens collaboration and partnership on addressing SGBV.

Source of Information

Kenya's submission for National Review for Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, Beijing+25, 2019, p.50

For more information: Sexual and Gender Based Violence Working Group (SGBV–WG) Guidelines (2017)