A report by the Presidential Task Force on Gender-Based Violence reveals significant structural barriers and an increase in violence against women in leadership, prompting Women in Democracy and Governance (WIDAG) to declare a national emergency that threatens Kenya's democracy.

• Less than 10 per cent of directly elected parliamentary seats are held by women, despite being over half the population.
• WIDAG, led by its President Pamela Ateka, highlighted prohibitive campaign costs and the failure to implement the two-thirds gender rule as major obstacles.
• The report also details significant grassroots insecurity, with nearly 90 per cent of women aspirants reporting feeling unsafe, and a surge in technology-facilitated gender-based violence.