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Kenyan Women's Rights Champion Jane Kiano Dies

Jane Kiano, a former chairperson of the Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organisation (MYWO), has died at the age of 74 in Nairobi Hospital after a long battle with cancer, her family says. Kiano took over the leadership of MYWO in 1971. The organisation fights for women's economic, social and political rights.

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