Agnes Odhiambo is a senior women's rights researcher at Human Rights Watch and author of a new report, "I Just Sit and Wait to Die: Reparations for Survivors of Kenya's 2007-8 Post Election Sexual Violence."
In recent months, I interviewed 163 women who were raped – many of them brutally gang raped – during the three-month period after the disputed presidential election. So far, they have been left out of all forms of recognition and reparation.
Next week's major meeting in London on child marriage and FGM should emphasize evaluating and monitoring programs in these areas so we can more effectively promote girls' human rights.
