Why are elderly Kenyan women being abandoned?

03/07/2025 25 min
Why are elderly Kenyan women being abandoned?

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Episode Synopsis

Rights defenders in Kenya want more community protections for elderly women, especially in rural areas. It follows reports of old women being accused of witchcraft, denied inheritance, forced out of their marital homes, and abandoned. Josephine Mahachi speaks to DW’s Andrew Wasike and Anne Rose Chege, a social worker and rights advocate in Kenya.