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The National Framework for the Implementation of Kafaalah Care for Children in Kenya (2022) was developed to guide the process of taking in vulnerable children by families, whether they are related to the specific families or not and bringing them up the same way they bring up their biological children.
There has not been much attention by Muslims to the subject of Kafaalah as an alternative to adoption and other forms of care in Kenya. The framework will also guide key stakeholders in childcare, protection, and those in the justice system in making decisions that are in the best interest…
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Kenya has made important progress towards tackling violence against children. Global, regional and national level commitments have been made to address violence against children, as evidenced by the laws, policies, guidelines, strategies and multi-sector programmes and initiatives implemented following the development of the Response Plan to Violence Against Children (2013–2018).
In 2019, Kenya conducted a survey that measured the prevalence, nature and consequences of physical, emotional and sexual violence against children. Drawing on the latest data from the 2019…
The situation of children in Uganda calls for renewed and urgent action. This National Child Policy Implementation Plan (2020/2021-2024/2025) provides a roadmap and a common agenda of action to operationalise the National Child Policy (2020). It is intended to be concise and over-arching; with emphasis on priority actions to achieve the specific policy objectives across health and survival, education and development, child care and protection and…
This National Child Policy has been developed to coordinate the efforts of the different sectors that have a direct and indirect mandate on children and deliver a comprehensive package of services encompassing all the four cardinal rights of the child in a multi-sectoral approach. This policy draws its context from the existing international, regional and national instruments and frameworks that support the realization of the rights and welfare of children. One of the priority areas of this policy is children's care and protection.
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This National Child Policy of Uganda has been developed to coordinate the efforts of the different sectors that have a direct and indirect mandate on children and deliver a comprehensive package of services encompassing all the four cardinal rights of the child (to survival, development, protection and participation) in a multi-sectoral approach.
The National Child Policy development process identified five core priority areas that have informed the Policy objectives, strategies and interventions. The four priority areas are hinged on four cardinal rights of a child:…
Over the past two decades of humanitarian work in northern Uganda, national and international child-focused organisations as well as government departments responsible for children have built a rich body of knowledge that has informed child protection work throughout the country. The development of this Child Protection Curriculum and related training materials is therefore a first step by the Ministry of Gender, the Ministry of Labour and Social Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Child Protection Working Group in Uganda, and selected academic institutions to…
In 2001 the Republic of Uganda's Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) issued the Basic Requirements and Minimum Standards Indicators for Education Institutions (BRMS) to schools and other relevant stakeholders to guide the organization and management of educational institutions. However, awareness and compliance by schools are still inadequate. Poor and/or disastrous outcomes and occurrences such as strikes, school fires, internal strife, child abuse, grievances or unresolved conflicts (within schools) and other forms of poor school performance are a clear manifestation of this inadequacy…
Disability and children are high on both the Global and national Development agenda. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); National Development Plan (NDP II) 2015/16 – 2019/20 and; the Social Development Sector Plan (SDSP1) 2015/16 – 2019/20 among others make mention of disability and child support.
Children with disabilities (CWDs) are among the most neglected groups in the policy domain as well as in the private sphere. The majority of these children face enormous economic, political, and social barriers that have an adverse impact on their physical, social and intellectual…
The National Integrated Early Childhood Development (NIECD) policy of Uganda seeks to address multi-dimensional needs of young children through building more effective and coherent efforts among sectors to achieve positive early childhood development out comes for all children. The NIECD policy Action Plan of Uganda provides guidance and elaborates strategies that government and partners will employ to undertake the execution of the NIECD policy of Uganda.
The action plan provides a clear implementation framework to integrate and coordinate interventions within and across different sectors…
The National Plan of Action (NPA) provides an operational framework to guide stakeholders and partners in coordinating, planning, implementing and monitoring programmes for the child. In addition, it outlines priorities and interventions necessary for the progressive realization of children’s rights in Kenya. These priorities and interventions are designed to address the specific gaps identified by stakeholders.