November 16, 2022
Teenseed is a feminist grassroots community organization in Nairobi, Kenya, focused on sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHRs). It is led by young women, working to nature African teen women into leadership and supporting them to boldly articulate issues about their rights and hold their leaders accountable.
Systems Acumen for Youth-led Development Solutions(SAYDS) partnered with Tenseed due to our commitment to working with survivors of gender-based violence. Additionally, SAYDS was working on a project focused on diffusing the myths and misconceptions concerning rape culture in Kenya, and thus a collaboration ensued.
The collaboration lasted for a month, and it consisted of two sessions where we discussed why rape culture has increased in Kenya, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sessions also consisted of understanding the various misconceptions that have led to the increase of rape culture and why there has not been a reduction in incidences even with the correct information being disseminated in the communities.
We also mapped out the various stakeholders who are crucial in helping reduce and manage the rise of rape cases in our communities. We also discussed how these stakeholders sometimes contribute to increased rape culture.
SAYDS also supported us when we were doing our community dialogue as part of the 16 days of activism. On November 25, 2021, we had a community dialogue with the various stakeholders in our community who work directly or indirectly with violence survivors. They assisted us in providing refreshments for our participants, took part as observers in the activity, and later interviewed our team members on the impact of our work in the community.
Working with them has been a wonderful experience, and we hope this collaboration will continue in our future activities.
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