"this is a crime whose victims tend to be vulnerable, voiceless "women like Rebecca, who do not have the resources or social capital to draw media attention or drive action from the authorities."The under-reporting has a strong correlation to the economic status of the victims,""
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"Infertility is not a good thing for a woman in an African marriage," Munyendo said. "You are expected to have a child and it should be a boy. If you can't, you might get kicked out of your home. So what do you do? You steal a child."
"She offered to sell the unborn child to Kanaitha for 45,000 shillings — £315.
Auma did not appear concerned for the mother's welfare after the birth. "As soon as she gets her money, she will go," she said, waving her hand. "We make it clear, they never come back.""
Auma did not appear concerned for the mother's welfare after the birth. "As soon as she gets her money, she will go," she said, waving her hand. "We make it clear, they never come back.""
"New package has been born," she wrote. "45,000k."
"There is a one in a million chance these women will see their children again," said Maryana Munyendo, from Missing Child Kenya. "Many of the street mothers are children themselves, and they are taken advantage of in their vulnerability."
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