Taita Taveta County has in the past few years experienced an ascendancy of Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) cases which include rape, defilement, incest, sexual abuse, and sodomy.   Gender Based Violence (GBV) is caused by unequal power relations between men and women, socio-cultural norms that normalize GBV, discriminatory practices and changing gender roles.

From this background, Heinrich Boll Foundation in partnership with Sauti Ya wanawake Pwani and the office of the women representative intend to host a gender forum on Mitigating Gender based violence. The forum will serve as a post activity of the international women’s day, themed “GENDER BALANCE” and will aim at bringing community members for a conversation with the relevant stakeholders to identify the priorities and key areas of intervention that will aid in mitigating gender-based violence through accountability actions by the leadership of Taita Taveta County.