New gender data collection tool launched

Health CAS Dr Mercy Mwangangi (second - right) launches the new initiative. [Jenipher Wachie, Standard]

The National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) has launched a new initiative for collecting data on gender-based violence (GBV).

The initiative, which is a partnership with Equity Now, is in response to the government’s commitment number five made under The Generation Equality Forum (GEF).