Watoto hupitia aina kadha wa kadha za ukatili, unyonyaji na hata unyanyasaji. Hutokea katika kila nchi, na katika maeneo ambayo watoto wanapaswa kulindwa zaidi, aidha ni majumbani mwao, shuleni na hata mitandaoni. Wakaazi wa jamii ya Samia katika Kaunti ya Busia wamehimizwa kuweka kipaumbele ulinzi wa watoto ili kupunguza visa vya unyanyasaji wa watoto na […]
Category: Child Rights
Zaidi ya wanafunzi 12,000 wenye uhitaji kutoka kaunti za Marsabit, Isiolo, Samburu na Laikipia watanufaika na ufadhili kutoka kwa shirika la Northern Rangeland Trust (NRT) ili kufadhili elimu yao. Afisa mkuu mtendaji wa NRT Tom Lalampaa alisema kuwa, shirika hilo litatumia milioni Sh78.5 kwa wanafunzi 12,557 wanaohitaji. Bw Lalampaa alisema kuwa, wahafidhina 18 wametanguliza elimu […]
By Jennifer Kaberi The African Union set aside 16th June Day of the African Child (DAC) as a day for not only celebrating African children but also as a platform for child participation. But, is DAC about children? I am in several planning meetings at sub-national, national, sub-regional, and regional and one thing I have […]
ChildFund International na Tume ya Umoja wa Afrika (AUC) wametia saini mkataba wa kuhamasisha sekta ya kibinafsi na ya umma kusaidia kuunda mazingira salama ya mtandaoni kwa watoto. Hii inafuatia kuongezeka kwa visa vya unyonyaji na unyanyasaji wa watoto mtandaoni kupitia teknolojia ya kidijitali. ChildFund inaongoza msukumo wa sera na sheria za kukomesha unyanyasaji wa […]
Kiongozi wa madhehebu ya kidini nchini Kenya anayedaiwa kuwachochea wafuasi kufa kwa njaa anakabiliwa na mashtaka ya ziada ikiwemo ugaidi na ulanguzi wa watoto. Aliyejiita kasisi Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, ambaye alianzisha kanisa la Good News International Church mwaka wa 2003, alifikishwa mahakamani siku ya Jumanne. Nthenge anashtakiwa kwa kuchochea wafuasi kufa njaa ili “kumlaki Yesu”. […]
Mapema Aprili mwaka wa 2023, mchungaji Paul Makenzi wa Good News International mjini Kilifi, alikamatwa na maafisa wa Kurugenzi ya Upelelezi wa Jinai kwa madai ya kuua na kuwazika watoto katika makaburi ya kina kirefu. Tangia hapo, wachunguzi wameweza kufukua miili iliyopita 110 hadi sasa, huku wengi wao wakiwa watoto. Isitoshe […]
One in five children worldwide are zero-dose or under-vaccinated leaving them vulnerable to a range of preventable diseases such as polio, measles and cholera according to a recent report by UNICEF. This was heighted by Covid19 pandemic which saw at least 67 million children missing out entirely or partially on routine immunization between 2019 and […]
At least nine teenagers were shot and injured on Sunday at an after-prom party in Jasper, Texas county authorities have said. The victims ranged in age from 15 to 19, according to KBMT-KJAC television news reported in a party where approximately 250 people had attended. According to Jasper County Sheriff’s Office none of the gunshot […]
Wadau wa elimu katika Kaunti ya Murang’a wamekutana ili kujadiliana kuhusu jinsi ya kupunguza Unyanyasaji wa Kijinsia (GBV) katika juhudi za kuimarisha ubora wa elimu. Wakati wa mkutano wa uhamasishaji uliofanyika Jumatatu katika Shule ya Msingi ya Teknolojia mjini Murang’a, Mkurugenzi wa Elimu kaunti ndogo ya Murang’a Mashariki Samuel Ruitha alisema kuwa watoto wameathiriwa na GBV […]
It is a collective responsibility of the society to ensure teen mothers are re-integrated into childhood the UN representative Prof. Philip Jaffe Vice Chair, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has said. He said this would ensure their childhood was not robbed from them as they would have the opportunity to interact with their […]