{"id":103296,"date":"2024-11-25T14:03:04","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T14:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/11\/25\/cs-murkomen-launches-committee-to-tackle-gbv-in-sports\/"},"modified":"2024-11-25T14:03:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T14:03:04","slug":"cs-murkomen-launches-committee-to-tackle-gbv-in-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/cs-murkomen-launches-committee-to-tackle-gbv-in-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"CS Murkomen launches committee to tackle GBV in sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 24 \u2013 Youth Affairs, Creative Economy, and\u00a0Sports Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has inaugurated the Gender Protection and Implementation Committee as the government\u2019s unbowed efforts to fight Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the sports sector.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Executive underscored the committee is a critical step towards achieving a GBV free nation and in context, a safer, fairer sports environment for all.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I appeared before Parliament for my vetting as the Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports, I made a solemn vow to fight and end Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in sports,\u201d said Murkomen.<\/p>\n

The campaign spearheaded by women leaders, advocates for safe homes and safe spaces for women in the society.<\/p>\n

President Ruto had allocated KSh.100million ahead of its commencement.<\/p>\n

The committee will consist of an advisory board chaired by the Sprots CS and the vice chair being the Principal Secretary State Department for Sports.<\/p>\n

In the Advisory Board will be: Paul Ochieng who is a former member of the 2021 Taskforce on Gender Welfare and Equity in sports, Catherine Ndereba \u2013 a Four-time Boston Marathon champion, Barbra Malowa a representative of Law Society of Kenya.<\/p>\n

Others to sit in the board are Essie Akida- a former Harambee Starlets forward, Benjamin Wafula a member of the 2021 Taskforce on Gender Welfare and Equity in sports, Elizabeth Wangeci Gichuki and Joyce Kebenei<\/p>\n

The committee will also have the Secretariat formed by: Diana Watila- will be the Chief Executive Officer, Catherine Njeri Maina, Lorna Tanui, Fardhosa Boru and Patricia Arisi.<\/p>\n

The 14-member committee will be mandated to fully implement the 2022 Report on Gender Welfare and Equity in sports.<\/p>\n

The report was formed in 2022 by then Sports CS Amina Mohamed.<\/p>\n

They will also be required to review and develop policies to curb GBV in sports organizations and to advance gender mainstreaming in sports and its organizations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey will also be required to facilitate institutional gender analysis and gender audits, provide a safe environment for sports persons to adequately prepare for and participate in sports competitions, assess gender-related initiatives and evaluate their effectiveness with a view of bettering them,\u201d said Sports CS.<\/p>\n

The inauguration comes days after the committee was instituted and published in the Kenya Gazette.<\/p>\n

The sports sector has also faced GBV cases where Agnes Tirop, a world record holder in the 2021 10-kilometer women-only race was brutally murdered at her home in Iten.<\/p>\n

Similarly, Damaris Mutua was strangled to death by her boyfriend at their home in Iten in 2022.<\/p>\n

Murkomen ultimately underscored how dire the GBV situation is in the country and called for a collective effort in bringing an end to it.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 24 \u2013 Youth Affairs, Creative Economy, and\u00a0Sports Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has inaugurated the Gender Protection and Implementation Committee as the government\u2019s unbowed efforts to fight Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the sports sector. The Executive underscored the committee is a critical step towards achieving a GBV free nation and in context, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}