Jul 05 2024 38 mins
Warning: This episode contains references to human exploitation and is only intended to be heard by adults aged 18 and over. If you are likely to find this distressing, emotionally triggering or challenging, please consider carefully how you might want to engage with this episode. We’ve provided links for support agencies in the description below. Stay safe.
Welcome to this week’s episode where we talk to Njeri Wa Migwi.
Njeri is the Founder of Usikimye, an organization which works towards ending sexual and gender-based violence (GBV) in Kenya.
Njeri was also the co-organizer of The Femicide March in Kenya in early 2024, following the killing of young women. The woman was dismembered and her remains were stuffed into a plastic bag. A comment on social media by a male caused outrage as it suggested that women should take more care to protect themselves.
Over 10,000 people marched with Njeri in the streets of Nairobi calling for change.
Njeri explains what GBV is and how it encompasses Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), human trafficking, child abuse, rape, and forms of exploitation where a person’s gender is a factor.
This is something that Njeri experienced herself. Her journey from being a victim of Intimate Partner Violence to then seeking help led to the discovery of so many other women who had undergone GBV. They all had similar stories.
Njeri tells us why victims keep going back to their exploiters and draws parallels between the psychology of victimhood in cases of IPV and human trafficking.
We learn how abuse begins with small, subtle incidences of name calling, belittling, gaslighting…and how our brains accept this as the reality. When the exploitation finally takes place, victims even feel they deserve their fate.
If you’d like to learn more Njeri and Usikimye visit their website at www.usikimye.org
The full video version of this episode is available on our official YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@illustroconsultancyltd
If you or someone you suspect is a victim of modern slavery or other forms of exploitation or abuse, please see the list of support agencies and reporting lines below.
Your call could save someone’s life…including your own.
Stay safe.
Support agencies and reporting lines
UK emergency 999 / non-emergency 112, Europe emergency 112, US emergency 911 (A full list of global emergency telephone numbers can be accessed on Wikipedia at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
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UK National Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0808 2000 247
Childline 0800 1111
Crimestoppers UK 0800 555111
UK Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline 08000 121 700
Migrant Help 0808 8010 503
Rape Crisis England & Wales 0808 500222
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