Wasichana walio na umri wa miaka kumi na miwili wanalazimishwa kuolewa na kukeketwa (FGM) haswa katika Pembe ya Afrika, huku ukame mkali zaidi katika kipindi cha miaka arobaini ukisukuma familia ukingoni. Idadi kubwa ya watoto wako katika hatari ya kuacha shule nchini Ethiopia, Kenya na Somalia, hii ni kutokana na athari za Ukame n.k. Familia […]
By Raisa Okwaras According to the Gabbra community of Northern Kenya’s Marsabit county, teenage pregnancies and giving birth out of wedlock are considered taboo. Girls that bear children out of wedlock are immediately cast out of the community. Also, the children get mistreated and once they grow up, children born out of wedlock are not […]
By Lydia Gichuki Meta owned Instagram is now testing a number of new methods for age verification targeting teens. The methods will include uploading ID, video selfie and social vouching. For those who opt to use video selfie they will follow instructions on their screen to guide them. This method will utilize AI software where […]
By Lydia Gichuki In a bid to broaden its ad-serving restrictions for teenagers around the world, Google has introduced a new teen advertising policy. With the implementation of this policy on 15th August 2022, Google will be able to turn off ad personalization and disallow the serving of ads within sensitive and creative categories. In essence, […]
By Raisa Okwaras The National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) of Kenya yesterday held a quarterly meeting with stakeholders in the children’s sector to brainstorm and shape the way forward on the safety of children during the incoming electioneering period. The theme of the meeting was Enabling child protection and security during the 2022 General […]
By Raisa Okwaras, The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child Vice-Chair and Doctor of Psychology Professor Phillip D. Jaffe in a webinar centered around child participation today asked children to tell child experts and child-led organizations things they experience that state bodies fail to cover. For decades, actions and decisions taken by […]
By Raisa Okwaras When Uzoma Dunkwu made a post on LinkedIn in December 2020, he had no idea how unique voices are sought after all around the world. Since then, he made it a mission to inspire generations of children of African descent to connect with their heritage and culture through child-friendly art. “After a […]
By Lydia Gichuki Residents of Mwingi Central for the past one week have been thrown into mourning and disbelief after two students, form four and class eight pupil, died by suicide. The 20 years old Form four student at Kyanika Secondary School hanged himself in his father’s farm in Kathonzweni village in Mwingi Central sub-county. […]
By Lydia Gichuki Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu on Monday said all children cases must be determined or dismissed within six months. She said with this delay, the judiciary contravenes the law which stipulate that such cases should take six months to be handled or dismissed. This she said on Monday at Mbagathi Secondary School […]
By Raisa Okwaras The National Police Service (NPS) of Kenya yesterday cautioned politicians and parents against having children in political rallies as it is unsafe for them. On Tuesday, June 14, 2022, the NPS took to its Twitter account where it declared the unsafety that such environments pose to kids. With that, the service warns […]