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This publication evaluates the progress of implementing the 2010 Counter Trafficking in Persons Act in Kenya from its inception until now (2010-2020). Publishing ten years after the Act became operational and thirteen years after it was gazetted, different authors analyse achievements and challenges in operationalising the counter trafficking in persons law.
A collection of research articles, interviews, a speech and art, this publication captures the current counter trafficking in persons environment. It is organised into four key areas of action: Prevention, Protection,…
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A decade of steady urbanisation, the spread of Internet infrastructure such as mobile broadband, and the growing availability of low-cost smartphones and tablets, have contributed to a remarkable rise in Internet and Information and Communication Technologies usage in East Africa, especially in Kenya. Unfortunately, this digitally advanced environment represents a double-edged sword. Increased mobile phone penetration and internet access have given rise to a set of conditions that have made children more vulnerable to Online Child Sexual Exploitation (…
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ChildFund International (ChildFund) is a child‐focused International Non‐Governmental Organization (INGO) which, since 1938, has worked with local implementing partners (LIPs), government, and other partner organizations to help create the safe environments children need to thrive. The purpose of this commentary is to reflect on the utility and possible application of the suggestions and study designs in this special issue to real‐life intervention studies in dynamic context settings. The commentary provides three regional case examples with evaluation study lessons learned from…
This study from CESVI examines the magnitude and characteristics of child labor in Kenya, particularly the “worst forms of child labour (WFCL) in Kenya,” with a focus on the urban context of Nairobi and on the rural context of the Nyanza province. The study approximates 7549 children to be “absorbed into the worst job market sectors and dumped into an unending poverty cycle” in these two contexts. The study investigates working conditions for children, the impacts of child labor on these children, and includes interviews with child laborers and other key informants.
Recent consultations undertaken by the ILO in Kenya, the Philippines and Guatemala have confirmed that there is little awareness about child labour issues among indigenous peoples; that previous child labour studies and research largely ignore indigenous communities; and that few programmes and projects address indigenous child labour.
It has, however, also become increasingly clear that indigenous children are disproportionately affected by the worst forms of child labour. Specific approaches are needed to effectively combat child labour among indigenous peoples.
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According to this article from the New York Times, "a Pennsylvania [USA] man was sentenced on Thursday to more than 15 years in prison for abusing four underage girls in Kenya, where he had operated an orphanage for about a decade before returning home, the authorities said." The man, Gregory Dow, moved to Kenya with his family in 2008 to start and orphanage, which closed in 2017 when Dow left the country due to allegations of sexual abuse.
Rogue churches in Kenya are delivering trafficked "miracle babies" to infertile women.
In this video, CNN investigates a Kenyan orphanage, which recruited children like Teresia (featured) to gain international funding.
To view this video on CNN's website, please click the link to the right.
This video is a part of the CNN Freedom Project: Ending Modern-Day Slavery. The video features an interview with Teresia, a girl who was recruited into an orphanage in Kenya from the care of her aunt and was forced to "entertain" volunteers and lie about the conditions of the institution in order to appease them. This was done in order to solicit donations, which were used to benefit the orphanage director, and not the children, according to the video. The video highlights the exploitative nature of such orphanages and strengthens the connection between orphanage trafficking and modern…