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Feminist Protest Action in Kenya: Lessons and Directions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2023

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This essay historicizes feminist protests in Kenya over the last decade to examine the changing patterns of protest action and how they illustrate the evolution of both feminist discourses and sites within which these debates are animated. I look beyond the streets and direct action as the epitome of protest action to examine strategic litigation, hashtag activism, and national campaigns as important ways through which feminist protest can be understood in Kenya, focusing on three recent cases.

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Critical Perspectives Article
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Politics & Gender , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , June 2024 , pp. 485 - 489
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Women, Gender, and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association

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