Team Mombasa: “I Won’t Be Deceived”

Women as Agents of Change

Four short videos raise awareness about female membership of juvenile gangs in Mombasa County.

Sitakubali Kudanganyika translates roughly as ‘I won’t be deceived’. Team ‘Mombasa’ knew that the issue of gang recruitment and violence in Kenya was generally only examined from the perspective of men, and that women were often manipulated into joining gangs. They produced four videos, each depicting a different narrative involving young women and the experiences, motivations and consequences of joining gangs.

The video was launched alongside campaigns ‘#WhatIf‘ and ‘Be the Bigger Person‘, each of which tackled gang violence prevention from different angles. They shared a common Facebook page, where their content was released as a single campaign.