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Calls for women s shelters as Kenya reports COVID-19 surge in violence

By Nita Bhalla, Thomson Reuters Foundation 3 Min Read NAIROBI, April 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A sharp rise in gender-based violence in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted an urgent need for more shelters to help victims and awareness campaigns, women’s rights groups said on Friday. Cases of violence targeting women and girls - including rape, child marriage and murder - rose 36% in 2020 from a year earlier to just over 5,000, government data showed this week. The report released by Kenya’s ministry of public service, youth and gender was based on the findings of an investigation ordered by President Uhuru Kenyatta last year into rising reports of violence due to lockdown curbs.

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Companies, not poor, get most COVID-19 aid in developing world, says study

Companies, not poor, get most COVID-19 aid in developing world, says study Reuters 1 hr ago By Nita Bhalla NAIROBI, April 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Developing countries have used most of their COVID-19 recovery funds to bail out big business, neglecting millions of people who have been pushed into poverty including cash-in-hand workers, women and the disabled, a study showed on Thursday. In eight countries, an average of 63% of pandemic-related state aid went to big businesses, while 26% went to social protection schemes, 10% to small and medium-sized enterprises, and only 1% to informal sector workers. The findings by the Financial Transparency Coalition (FTC) civil society group were based on spending in Kenya, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh, Nepal, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.

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Big business got 66% of Covid-19 aid in South Africa, says study

Big business got 66% of Covid-19 aid in South Africa, says study By Reuters Nita Bhalla Nairobi - Developing countries have used most of their Covid-19 recovery funds to bail out big business, neglecting millions of people who have been pushed into poverty, including cash-in-hand workers, women and the disabled, a study showed on Thursday. In eight countries, an average of 63% of pandemic-related state aid went to big businesses, while 26% went to social protection schemes, 10% to small and medium-sized enterprises, and only 1% to informal sector workers. The findings by the Financial Transparency Coalition (FTC) civil society group were based on spending in Kenya, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh, Nepal, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.

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Companies, not poor, get most COVID-19 aid in developing world, says study

Companies, not poor, get most COVID-19 aid in developing world, says study
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