On Shifting Ground

How Kenya Took the Fight for Gender Equality… to Reality TV

Shortly before the end of his term in 2022, former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta pledged to end gender-based violence in his country by 2026. With two years left before the deadline, is Kenya still on track to fulfill the promises made to Kenyan women? And how is Kenyan media keeping the fight alive?
  
 This week, we’re sharing an episode from Foreign Policy’s “Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women”, about how reality TV is helping women’s rights activists press the Kenyan government to uphold its pledge.
  
 Guests:
  
 Audrey Mugeni, the co-founder of Counting Dead Women Kenya
  
 Anne Ireri, the executive director of the Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya
  
 Hosts:  
  
 Reena Ninan, founder of Good Trouble Productions
  
 Laura Rosbrow-Telem, senior producer at Foreign Policy
  
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Do you ever feel like reality is shifting beneath your feet? Veteran journalist Ray Suarez spent forty years covering elections, civil wars, and pandemics that shaped the way we live. He’s seen entire countries flipped upside down and right side up… and now he’s here to bring a sensible voice to our endless doom-scrolling. Each week, Ray hosts conversations with journalists, leaders and policy experts that explore how people from New Hampshire to New Guinea are navigating our rapidly changing world. A co-production of Commonwealth Club - World Affairs and KQED.