An estimated 246 million girls and boys globally experience gender-based violence every year in or around the school according to a new report. This violence be it sexual, physical, or psychological, is perpetrated by peers, educators, and other school staff, sometimes exploiting children for grades or other favours, the report found. School-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) […]
The Chief Justice of Kenya Hon Martha Koome has today launched the Child Justice and SGBV Strategy and Convicted Sexual Offenders Electronic Register at Kibera law Courts Nairobi. The initiatives are on spar with the strategic focus of the judiciary to transform systems into people centered one that upholds the dignity and rights of especially […]
Kamati ya Kimataifa ya Maendeleo ya Watu (CISP) imezindua mradi wa Tetea hapo jana tarehe 20 mwezi juni, unaofadhiliwa na Muungano wa Ulaya wa kulinda wanawake na watoto dhidi ya dhuluma katika Kaunti ya Kakamega. Mradi huo utatekelezwa na CISP kwa ushirikiano na Shirika Lisilo la Kiserikali la eneo hilo, Kakamega County Widows Empowerment […]
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 […]
A report by the National Syndemic Diseases and Control Council (NSDCC) indicates that grandfathers are perpetrators of most gender-based violence and incest against girls. They are followed by fathers, uncles and relatives in that order with the report showing an increase of the vice in 37 counties, among them Nairobi, Homa Bay, Siaya, Bungoma, Kakamega, […]