Kenya widens access to sex offenders registry
Employers are now able to check if someone was convicted of sexual offence in Kenya
Focus on Africa · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
Kenya recently launched an online registry where employers can look up names of convicted sexual offenders. But how effective a deterrent is this? We ask Stanley Mutuma, a legal researcher in Kenya.
Also in the pod: Psychologist Dr Kirindi Odindo tells us about the added burden of responsibilities many young women feel as first-born girls in their family.
And, I speak with the woman who succesfully campained for the South African government to scrap tax on sanitary pads and other period products.