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Article
20 November 2024
Looking Back and Looking Ahead: What the Future Holds for Children in Kenya
This article first appeared in The Standard on November 20, 2024. 35 years ago in November 1989, world leaders made a historic commitment to the world’s children by adopting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), an international agreement that promises to protect children’s right. Since...
Press release
14 October 2024
Over 370 million girls and women globally subjected to rape or sexual assault as children
NAIROBI, 10 October 2024 – More than 370 million girls and women alive today – or 1 in 8 – experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18, according to new UNICEF estimates released today. The first-ever global and regional estimates on sexual violence against children – published ahead of the Internatio...
Report
14 June 2024
UNICEF Kenya Annual Report 2023
In 2023, Kenya suffered a severe drought followed by El-Niño-related flooding which affected a large number of people in the country.Families in Kenya, like those living in other parts of the Horn of Africa, had to grapple with the loss of livelihoods and other challenges such as access to safe water, lack of heal...
Report
17 April 2024
Our top advocacy priorities
In recent years, various factors such as the global pandemic, effects of the climate crisis, inflation and economic pressures have impacted the achievement of desired outcomes for children in Kenya. It is therefore crucial to highlight the role of policy choices, actions and budgetary allocations in shaping the n...
Statement
21 August 2023
Why Devolution Must Work for Children, Youth, Women and Marginalized Groups in Kenya
This Op-ed was first published in the Nation Newspaper . Ten years ago, Kenya embarked on a transformative process by adopting devolution. This reform brought governance closer to the people and enhanced their access to essential services at the local level. Together with efforts by the national Government, devolution has led to significant…
Report
14 December 2022
Situation of children 2022
The situation of children is a comprehensive analysis exploring all dimensions of child rights in Kenya, to help inform future work and priorities. The publication is available from the download link on the right.
Article
18 November 2022
Hear me out
I would start by asking the Government if they are serious about the future of our pupils. Most of the pupils come from slums they look forward to coming to school so that they change their way of life. For them to be able to change it the Government has to be involved. For example, in a public school, there are o...
Article
16 June 2020
Africa’s children face a new child rights crisis
This article first appeared in The Daily Nation on June 15, 2020. Today we mark the Day of the African Child. Perhaps never before in history has there been so much to celebrate and at the same time so much to be concerned about. Children in Kenya now benefit from universal free primary education, free health ser...
Article
16 June 2020
Day of the African Child: a child journalist’s perspective
Armon Kiprotich,14, from Nairobi was a finalist of UNICEF Kenya's CRC@30 children's competition. For Day of the African Child 2020, he took part in a young reporters’ media conference with regional UNICEF experts, to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on children in Africa. Such a vibrant and young continent, Africa, ...
Report
18 November 2019
For every child, every right
On 20 November 1989, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a landmark achievement that has since become the world’s most widely ratified human rights treaty. The Convention sets strict standards for signatory governments to protect the rights of every child. Publish...
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18 October 2019
Child rights can unlock a bright future for Kenya’s children
This article first appeared in The Daily Nation on October 18, 2019. We are approaching an important anniversary this November. Thirty years ago, world leaders made a historic commitment to the world’s children by adopting the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – an international agreement on nurturing...
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16 August 2018
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