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An estimated 2.6 out of every 100,000 women and girls were killed in Kenya in 2016. This internationally comparable rate for deaths from interpersonal violence was similar to the global average of 2.6. More: Five facts: Femicide in South Africa ...

Three percent of girls aged 15 to 19 years were pregnant at the time of the 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey. A further 15% had had a live birth, bringing the share of adolescents in this age group who had started childbearing to 18%. At the time, the fertility rate for this age group was...

According to the UNODC’s most recent homicide statistics, 437 women were victims of femicide in Kenya in 2019. This means 1.69 out of every 100,000 women were killed in Kenya in 2019. ...

In 2014, an estimated 27.4% of women aged 20 to 49 were first married by age 18.Related: Do 45% of Nigerian women get married before their 18th birthday?...

According to the most recent data from the World Bank, in 2020 there were just over 27 million (27,052,773) women in Kenya. ...