Tume ya Kitaifa ya Jinsia na Usawa (NGEC) imelaani tukio la kuwarushia vitoa machozi wanafunzi wa Shule ya Msingi ya Kihumbuini huko Kangemi. Siku ya Jumatano, zaidi ya wanafunzi 50 walikimbizwa hospitalini baada ya polisi kuvamia vitoa machozi darasani mwao wakati wa maandamano ya kuipinga serikali. Katika taarifa iliyotolewa Alhamisi, mwenyekiti wa NGEC Joyce Mutinda […]
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Hundreds of children in Ghana residing along Volta Lake have been reported to be forcefully removed from their homes in an operation backed by one of the world’s leading anti-slavery organisations, according to a BBC Africa Eye investigation. The organization, International Justice Mission, is said to help in rescuing children from trafficking and slavery but […]
United Nations has sounded alarm over increasing reports of gender-based violence in Sudan including conflict-related sexual violence against internally displaced and refugee women and girls – since the war erupted in the country more than 11 weeks ago. Since this conflict began, the UN Human Rights Office in Sudan has received credible reports of 21 […]
A new report by UNICEF and WHO indicates that girls are nearly twice as likely as boys to bear the responsibility of fetching water for households and spend more time doing it each day, The report Progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) 2000-2022: Special focus on gender shows that globally, 1.8 billion people […]
Two students of St Charles Lwanga High School in Uganda have been arrested for issuing an anonymous terroristic threat of attack by Allied Democratic Forces, ADF. against their school. According to the police report the suspects identified as Mwesigye Innocent Ayebare Benon were discovered after the school leadership came across an anonymous letter, dropped at […]
Kenya inaanzisha kliniki maalum ya ubongo kwa watoto itakapofikia katikati ya mwaka ujao, hii ni katika juhudi za kitaifa za kukabiliana na pengo la kuwahudumia walio na mahitaji maalum kwa kuwapa matibabu ya hali ya juu. Kliniki ya Wezesha Watoto itaanzishwa katika Hospitali ya Mafunzo na Rufaa ya Moi. Hospitali hiyo itakuwa wazi kwa umma […]
At least 27,180 grave violations committed against children caught up in wars in 26 conflict situations were reported between the months of January to December 2022, making this the highest number ever verified by the UN. This was revealed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, during […]
Kenya’s National Council on the Administration of Justice (NCAJ) has launched a training handbook on investigating and prosecuting online child sexual exploitation and abuse (OCSEA) in Kenya. The handbook aims to help in training officers in the justice system on handling OCSEA cases in the child’s best interests. The training has eight core modules and four […]
To ensure ECDE education is free in Nairobi County, Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has unveiled sh100mn for utilization on this program for Nairobi County Children. Speaking yesterday during the launch, Sakaja said the aim is to double the number of children enrolled in public ECDE in Nairobi from 30,000 to 60,000 within the year; and […]
Twelve countries across different regions in Africa are set to receive 18 million doses of the first-ever malaria vaccine over the next two years from Gavi. This RTS,S/AS01 vaccine has been administered to more than 1.7 million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi since 2019 ,who were pilot countries. and has been shown to be […]