The women fighting back in Kenya's biggest slum - podcast
by Presented by India Rakusen with Tracy McVeigh, Rod from World news | The Guardian on (#4MKV8)
Edita Ochieng and like-minded women are taking a stand against endemic sexual violence and police corruption in Kibera. Plus: Angelique Chrisafis on why climate protesters in France are stealing portraits of Emmanuel Macron. Warning: this podcast contains references to sexual abuse
Edita Ochieng, like many women in Kibera, has been a victim of sexual violence. But with police corruption rife, she has banded together with several other women to bring perpetrators to justice as well as providing advice and counselling.
Guardian reporter Tracy McVeigh and filmmaker Rod Austin spent time in Kenya's largest slum with Ochieng and describe her extraordinary story to India Rakusen.
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