Naomi Vulenywa Barasa

Naomi Vulenywa Barasa is a women’s human rights defender who grew up in Korogocho, the second largest slum in Kenya. She has been the Campaign Organizer for Amnesty International Kenya (AIK) since 200

Kenya: the women who stand to be counted

Women in Kenya's second largest slum, Korogocho, face forced evictions, domestic violence and rape as a weapon of gang war on a daily basis. Naomi Vulenywa reflects upon her experience of living in the slum as a women human rights defender.

By Naomi Vulenywa Barasa

/ 7 Dec 2012