Kenya: Dying Silently – Ndereba Urges Male Athletes to Open Up About Experiences With GBV

Nairobi — Four-time Boston Marathon champion Catherine Ndereba has urged male athletes going through gender based violence (GBV) and other challenges to speak out.

Ndereba says many of them are suffering in silence because men have been socialised to believe that opening up about their problems is a sign of weakness.

“When we talk about gender based violence, we are not talking about women but also men. They are also going through a lot but they don’t want to speak because they have been brought…