Political violence hits women hardest.(KENYA)(Brief article)

NAIROBI -- The violence after a very likely rigged presidential election has disproportionately targeted women, according to a United Nations official in Kenya. But the apparently successful mediation efforts did not include women, and Kenyan women are demanding inclusion.

Backers of Raile Odinga, the challenger, many of whom are ethnic Luo and Kalinjin, and the primarily Kikuyu backers of President Mwai Kibaki, who says he was re-elected although there were many reports of fraud, both have attacked members of the other's party and tribe. Men on both sides have disproportionately attacked women, and some men ...

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