MTRH CEO Participates in the 12-kilometers walk to End GBV
Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital CEO Dr. Wilson Aruasa together with other stakeholders joined forces for a 12-kilometer walk through the streets of Eldoret in a move to fight gender-based violence (GBV).
According to Dr Aruasa, this is to mark 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence an initiative aimed to raise awareness about the issue and galvanize the community to take action.
“We have done sensitization where we have walked for 12 kilometers in the streets of Eldoret, on the way we stopped to listen and talk to them on the matter, and it came to our attention the vice is very rampant yet it’s not reported,” said Dr. Aruasa.
During the 16 Days of Activism, people around the world unite to raise awareness about gender-based violence, challenge discriminatory attitudes and call for improved laws to end violence against women for good.
The MTRH boss further said that the hospital sees over 400 Gender-Based Violence patients per month.
“We see children as young as two months old and ladies ages 70 where they have been raped. Over 80 percent of the cases are female,” he said.
“We want a society free of gender-based violence. Let us work together regardless of our age to have a gender-based violence-free society,” he added.
Dr. Aruasa further said that the County government should have safe homes where gender-based violence patients will stay until they are safe.
The campaign runs every year from 25th November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) through to 10 December (Human Rights Day). During the 16 Days of Activism, communities around the world join the call to prevent and eliminate violence against women & girls.
MTRH hosts the Centre for Assault Recovery (CAR-E), a Gender Based Violence (GBV) Services Centre that provides medical, counseling, and support services to victims of GBV. We also have Legal Aid Centre-Eldoret(LAC-E) based in AMPATH, MTRH which assists Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence.
Celina Kogo-Center Center of Assault Recovery Eldoret says “A lot of men have been assaulted and only come after the matter is worse. Men come and don’t fear for you to be helped. Only 20 percent of men report the cases,” Men who report its less than 20 percent.
Soroptomist International Program Director Kenya Khayanga Wasike called on those affected by gender-based violence to report the cases for them to be helped.
“Parents our children are on the internet and we should see what they are doing since they might commit suicide depending on the things they are watching,” she said.
Mercy Jepkurui representing the gender county assembly said the issue of gender based violence should be a thing of the past by 2030.
“Safe homes should be made so that victims of gender-based violence will stay before going back home after all things that are pressing them are solved,” he said.
Cherono Caroline Rep Gender “The conversation must be from January to January since it is something that happens day to day. This is the only way to end gender-based violence,”
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