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Finding Safety at a Public Bathroom in Nairobi’s Kibera Slum

The World
August 15, 2013
  • By Marco Werman

The public bathroom in Nairobi’s Kibera slum. (Photo: Julienne Gage)

A group of women in Nairobi’s Kibera slum spent the last year operating a public bathroom. It was built to offer a safe place to shower and counter the gender violence that erupted following the 2007 election.

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