Kenya

"Hey, sexy!" Millions of women and girls around the world will have heard that phrase - or something like it - cutting into their daily lives, unwanted and uninvited, as they walk to work or get the bus to school. 

Some might say that it's harmless, just a joke, or perhaps even a compliment. But catcalling is none of those things. It's a violation of women's rights; an explicit demonstration of power, one that is intended to frighten or intimidate the person it's addressed to. It is based in deep-rooted gender inequality, which sees women's bodies as not their own. 

ActionAid's Takaitei Bote is in Kenya this week to support the response to the food crisis in the country where millions of vulnerable people, especially women and girls are going hungry. Hear her first-hand account of what’s happening in Kenya.

The destructive desert locust is causing widespread havoc and devastation in East Africa right now, by feeding on vital food crops and pastures, that families already struggling with coronavirus need to survive. 

Find out what a desert locust is, why it’s potentially dangerous and how ActionAid are working on the ground to fight this menace. 

Find out what UK Aid Match is, how it works, and how ActionAid is helping local women in rural Kenya tackle violence, abuse and gender inequality.

The She Can Project (2014 – 2017), funded by DFID under its Aid Match initiative, aimed to increase safety, mobility and access to justice, and to improve gender-responsive public services for vulnerable women and girls living in cities across Bangladesh, Kenya, Myanmar and Zimbabwe.

Find out about Kenya: facts, statistics, ActionAid's charity work in Kenya and how you can donate to help people living in poverty.