intimate partner violence is the biggest form of GBV that never gets addressed. This year, we commit to fighting IPV by holding perpetrators accountable. #16DaysofActivism2019 @INENDorg @RwokWomen @ThinkCREA

It is important to understand consent to stop abuse. And we have to constantly question our power in that regard #FlawsInLaws #16DaysOfActivism @DeellyanWakio @Nyar__Ugenya @ThinkCREA @INENDorg @RwokWomen

How do we ensure change of narratives around stereotypes shaming womxn? #FlawsInLaws #16DaysofActivism2019 @ThinkCREA @RwokWomen @JoyceSabali @Nyar__Ugenya

Rape by a family member is still rape! Rape by a friend is still rape! Rape by a lover is still rape! #StopSexualViolence #16DaysofActivism2019 #FlawsInLaws @ThinkCREA @RwokWomen @INENDorg @CoastWomenfor

Police needs to stop this narrative of “sorting it outside the courts” this is enabling violence against womxn! #FlawsInLaws #16DaysofActivism2019 #EndVAW @ThinkCREA @Nyar__Ugenya @INENDorg @RwokWomen @JoyceSabali @DeellyanWakio

In coast, there is increased rate of forced marriages especially towards LBQ women as a means to conform. This not only denies ones rights and freedoms but also instill a life time of trauma living in subjugation #FlawsInLaws #16DaysofActivism2019 @ThinkCREA

There is need to put in place collective strategies to address violence against womxn #FlawsInLaws #16DaysofActivism2019 @ThinkCREA @INENDorg @RwokWomen

The policies speaking to womxn rights are adhoc because we are not represented in the spaces of development or implementation. Nothing for us without us means for womxn, by womxn with womxn. #16DaysofActivism2019 @ThinkCREA @RwokWomen @Nyar__Ugenya @DeellyanWakio

As we launch the #16DaysOfActivism these and more are the conversations we are having. @RwokWomen @ThinkCREA @Nyar__Ugenya @INENDorg

The #16DaysofActivism2019 launch event by @ThinkCREA brings together LBQTs, female sex workers, PWDs, and young girls activists to deliberate how we can work towards a safe and inclusive society. @INENDorg @RwokWomen @Nyar__Ugenya @DeellyanWakio @JoyceSabali

#HandsOffMyBody we are tired of being told what to do with our bodies! #16DaysofActivism2019 @ThinkCREA #FlawsinLaws

You and only you have autonomy and agency of yourself.
Let no one tell you otherwise #16DaysofActivism2019 #FlawsinLaws @ThinkCREA @INENDorg @Nyar__Ugenya @JoyceSabali @RwokWomen

Remember when I said every individual can be an activist?
Today, we have “dancing as an art and as Resistance” “performances as a means of dialogue. #16DaysofActivism2019 @ThinkCREA @INENDorg @Nyar__Ugenya @JoyceSabali @RwokWomen

Our panelists for the evening, discussing GBV from the perspective of minority women in East Africa;
1. @latagal a young lawyer, founder and team lead @FemmeForteUg
She has a vast knowledge on working with CSOs, women movements and feminists organizations in Uganda.

2. @Essy_Emilly the founder and team lead @INENDorg with experience working with sexual and gender minorities for about 10yrs, @Essy_Emilly brings with her a load of experience working with SOGIE in Kenya #16DaysofActivism2019 @ThinkCREA

4. Benta Amondi Joseph. The executive director at coast sex workers alliance (COSWA), a sex workers organization from the coast region of Kenya. She brings with her vast experience on sex work activism. #16DaysofActivism2019 @ThinkCREA

5. Dorothy Nakato Mubezi, a person with disability advocate from Uganda, she is a woman with both psychosocial and physical disability. She has fought for the rights of minorities and vulnerable groups for the last 12yrs in Uganda. #16DaysofActivism2019 #FlawsinLaws @ThinkCREA

6. Linda Njeri Wachira has worked in the disability movement for the last 3yrs with a focus on persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities. She is currently the coordinator of Access to justice project for Users and Survivors of psychiatry in Kenya (USP-K)

3. Lewa Sostine, a transman from @RwokWomen he is an upcoming human rights activist who uses sports for advocacy. He currently leads the @RwokWomen football team in Mombasa Kenya. #16DaysofActivism2019 @ThinkCREA