other incidents recorded in the cog reports demonstrate examples of electoral violence this typology expands the traditional categories of electoral violence monitoring and research efforts to encompass the nuances presented by womens experiences research from amnesty international suggests that postelection violence in kenya included incidences of sexual and genderbased violence confirming the findings of commonwealth observers of increased levels of violence perpetuated against women in the case of swaziland the levels of intimidation experienced by female candidates was noted to have been encouraged by traditional leaders because a female candidate wore trousers and in one case because the female candidate in question was a widow