Homosexuality is illegal in Kenya, as it is in more than half of African countries. But public attitudes have begun to shift. According to Pew research from 2002, only one percent of Kenyan respondents said society should accept homosexuality. As of 2020, 14% believed homosexuality should be accepted.
On today’s episode of the Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women, we follow the key people driving this change. Reporter Eunice Maina interviews women and non-binary LGBTQ activists like Marylize Biubwa, co-founder of Queer Republic, and Ivy Werimba, a communications officer at Galck+, a coalition of 16 membership-based LGBTQ+ organizations from across Kenya.
Then host Reena Ninan speaks with Eric Gitari, co-founder of the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission. His litigation has helped bring recent LGBTQ policy victories.
The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs at Northwestern University.


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