Africa UNiTE is the regional component of the United Nations Secretary General’s Global Campaign and a continent-wide partnership to end all violence against women and girls. The rationale for the Africa component of the SG’s Campaign on violence against women is rooted in the commitments made by African countries through ratification of various international and regional instruments that specify
obligations for the elimination of violence against women. The ultimate goal of Africa UNiTE is to mobilize and support governments in fulfilling their commitments to end violence against women and girls. The Africa UNiTE, was launched on 30 January 2010 by the UN SG and the AUC Chairman. The Africa UNiTE Kenya Chapter was established as Kenya’s response to the Africa UNiTE campaign and, more particularly, provides a collective platform to a wide range of stakeholders including – government, civil society organizations, the private sector, the media and the entire UN system, to harmonize and synergize efforts towards raising public awareness, stimulating behavior change and increasing political will and resources for the prevention and response to all forms of violence against women and girls in the country. Indeed, the Africa UNiTE Kenya Chapter’s overall goal is to raise public awareness, stimulate behavior change, coordination for prevention activities and increase political will and resources to respond to national issues related to the following:
(i) The PREVENTION of violence against women and girls
(ii) The PROMOTION of justice and ending impunity
(iii) The PROVISION of services to survivors of violence
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