{"id":4602,"date":"2023-04-19T08:52:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T05:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/act.or.ke\/?p=2547"},"modified":"2023-04-19T08:52:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T05:52:12","slug":"gendered-political-violence-rife-stop-it-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/act.or.ke\/website_3763efab\/gendered-political-violence-rife-stop-it-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Gendered political violence rife. 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