By WANJIRU NGINGI | PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Summaryof Project:
BWC is situated in an area where economic activities are limited to menial jobs; semi arid areas where the communities are pastoralists and marginalized .Many women have undergone female gentalia mutilation , forced to drop out of school and into earlymarriageswherethereare2nd or 3rdwife. Sexual gender based violenceis verycommon in this area and thereis no rescue center nearbyfor women , girls and youths who undergo such harassment . Their poverty is enforced by traditional culture and beliefs ( that Nomadic communities arelivestock keepers and all women should give birth to as manychildren as possible because it’s a sign of wealth
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