Kenyan Women Use Sex Strike to Sway Politics

They want political rivals to stop infighting

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Apr 29, 2009 12:23 PM CDT

(Newser) – Kenyan women are withholding sex in hopes of forcing an end to the squabbling that threatens to break the government's fragile coalition and plunge the nation into chaos, the AP reports. Thousands of members of 11 women's groups are participating in the week-long strike, and... Read full story »

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