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Kenya: Fighting Gender-Based Violence and Recovering Financially in Kenya By Making Covid-19-Preventing Soap

[UNFPA] Mother of four daughters, Eunice Ajiambo is a survivor of gender-based violence: "I was a housewife depending on my husband for everything. Life was hard because money was the biggest cause of conflict in our relationship. I left my marriage after I could no longer endure the abuse," she says.

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