Lobby- Educate Youth on Sex, Not Lower Consent Age
Posted on: Mon, Apr 8, 2019 | 2:52 pmPRESS Statement 8th April, 2019; 10:00 am: The Coalition on Violence Against Women (COVAW) has opposed the reduction of the age of consent from 18 to 16. It has urged the government to devise strategies to increase understanding of sexual and reproductive health. “COVAW calls upon the Kenyan government to develop a comprehensive sexual education […]
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Women’s Agency and Violence against Women: The Case of the Coalition on Violence Against Women in Kenya
Posted on: Tue, Dec 18, 2018 | 2:55 pmABSTRACT: Violence against women and girls has been acknowledged as a violation of basic human rights and a form of discrimination against women, reflecting the prevalent imbalance of power between women and men. This is because violence against women and girls is a universal phenomenon that is both a cause and consequence of gender inequality. Hence, […]
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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 […]
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