Telling signs of abuse
Posted on: Mon, Oct 22, 2018 | 3:00 pmWith the increase of the number of cases of abuse it is very important to know and to identify signs of abuse. They are quite general and most of the times are not indicative of abuse. However, should you see someone showing the following signs, please find out what could be troubling them; The person […]
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Judiciary, do more for mentally challenged sexual abuse victims
Posted on: Tue, Sep 25, 2018 | 3:02 pmJudiciary, do more for mentally challenged sexual abuse victims (Wednesday September 26 2018), Retrieved from Daily Nation. There is a group of girls and women in Kenya who go through all manner of abuse and stigma with little help. They get violated, abused and stripped of their dignity by the society — including by those close […]
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Violence against women and girls should not be business as usual
Posted on: Fri, Jun 22, 2018 | 3:03 pmIt is very heart-breaking to realize that violence against women and children is becoming a recurring trend in Kenya. Every day in the dailies and in the news there is that one report about violence meted out on a woman or a child. On Thursday, 14th June 2018, Doreen, a student of Nairobi Institute of […]
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The Day of The African Child
Posted on: Mon, Jun 18, 2018 | 3:04 pmOn the 16th of June 2018, COVAW and the National Council for Children’s Services will commemorate the Day of the African Child in Menzamwenye, Lunga Lunga Sub-County, Kwale County. This year’s theme is ‘Leave No Child Behind for Africa’s Development’. We are going to talk on issues about FGM/C, SGBV, Child Trafficking and Child Sexual […]
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Ignored by State at Home, Feted by the World Abroad
Posted on: Tue, May 22, 2018 | 3:06 pmBy L. Muthoni Wanyeki Enough has been said about what the national honours given out on Jamhouri Day were meant to signify. The state has lost sight of the purpose that such honours are meant to serve. To remind us of the value of living up to and advancing the best part of ourselves. To […]
Read More2007/08 Post Election Violence Sexual and Gender Based Violence Public Interest Litigation Case Project
Posted on: Fri, Mar 16, 2018 | 3:06 pmThe goal of this project is to secure redress for and provide psychosocial support and assistance to Sexual and Gender Based Violence victims and survivors of the 2007/08 Post Election Violence. The violence that was experienced in the aftermath of the 2007 general elections was indeed some of the worst violence experienced in post-independence Kenya. […]
Read MoreGender Desk Launch at Archers Post Police Station: 26th June 2014 Speech
Posted on: Thu, Jun 26, 2014 | 3:14 pmIt is with great pleasure that i stand here before you as we celebrate the opening of the gender desk at archers post police station. I feel proud that as we mark this mile stone on our endeavour to make Samburu county a place safe for women, girls, men and boys, we can say that […]
Read MoreGlobal Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict
Posted on: Fri, Jun 13, 2014 | 3:14 pmThe Foreign Secretary of Britain, William Hague and Angelina Jolie, Special Envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, co-hosted the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict on June 10-13, 2014 in London.This was the largest gathering ever brought together on the subject, with a view to creating irreversible momentum against sexual violence […]
Read MoreJustice For Liz Press Release 7th of May
Posted on: Wed, May 7, 2014 | 3:18 pmPress release 7th May 2014 INACTION REGARDING JUSTICE FOR LIZ/BUSIA RAPE CASE BY THE DPP, AG, KENYAN POLICE, AND CID OFFICES INCREASINGLY BECOMING A MAJOR CONCERN.The state’s delay in securing justice for Liz after she was gang raped mid last year has become a matter of increasing concern to both the public and civil society […]
Read MoreCourt Case for Sexual Gender Based Violence During Post Election Violence Continues on Wednesday 23-25th April Before Justice Isaak Lenaola at The High Court of Kenya, Milimani At 9am
Posted on: Fri, Apr 25, 2014 | 3:20 pmPRESS RELEASE , 22nd April 2014 A PETITION seeking to compel the government to address cases of sexual violence committed during the 2007/2008 Post Election mayhem, resumes on April 23, 2014 at the Constitutional and Human Rights Division, presided over by Justice Isaac Lenaola. The Sexual and Gender Based Violence, Petition No. 122 of 2013, was […]
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