Contributor
Deanna Simpson
Bio:
Deanna, who is using her first name only for safety reasons, has interned at the UN in Kenya, as well as with NGOs on community development projects with youth in the Kibera slum.
WMC Women Under Siege
Women in Kenya’s slums still dealing with post-election sexualized violence
The loud, unexpected laughter stuck with me long after my conversation about sexualized violence with a women’s group from Kibera—Kenya’s biggest slum, located on the outskirts of Nairobi, and one of the hotspots for violence in the post-election conflict of 2007-2008.
