Women's Role in Kenya's Elections

by: Jennifer Kumar

December 27 was the Kenyan elections. I don't know much about Kenyan elections, so I am not sure if this date is annual or not. Since most of the population celebrates Christmas, it seems odd to me that this election date would be annual because of possible election violence. It was also stated in some reports that some have not yet celebrated Christmas and will do so once the election, hence tensions, decrease.

I became interested in this topic because of a few news articles related to women's role in elections. Violence is common against women candidates. I wonder if there is violence against women voters as well.

Al Jazeera

Sources: League of Kenya Women Voters Female Candidates in Kenya Say They Face Discrimination, Violence (with video) Kenyan General Election Voting Today