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Challenges of school re-entry among teenage mothers in primary schools in Muhoroni District, Western Kenya
(2015-01-08)
Although much has been done towards attainment of gender equity in education as envisaged in the MDGs, gender disparities persist in many parts of the country. Studies indicate that most of girls who drop out of school due ...
2 Political Patronage and the Expansion of Cash Transfer Programmes in Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-05-08)
The Government of Kenya has run pilot cash transfer programmes since 2004 and
formalised them as part of social protection policy in 2011. Subsequently, cash transfer
programmes have steadily been expanded. Three of ...
Review of policies and frameworks on climate change, agriculture, food and nutrition security in Kenya
(2019-11)
In particular, a Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Strategy (2017–2026) and CSA Implementation Framework (2018-2027) have been developed to promote climate-resilient and low-carbon sustainable agriculture and effectively ...
Challenges in supporting survivors of child sexual abuse in Kenya: a qualitative study of government and non-governmental organizations
(SAGE Publications, 2019-05-03)
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a global, social, and health challenge. Existing literature on post-sexual assault care has focused largely on health providers’ skills and capacity to offer quality clinical, medicolegal, and ...
10 Child vulnerability and community coping mechanisms
(Routledge, 2010-09-30)
In the wider literature regarding the impact of HIV/AIDS on children, many empirical studies have discussed child vulnerability as a general condition that requires intervention through appropriate responses (Hunter and ...
Forging Associations Across Multiple Spaces: How Somali Kinship Practices Sustain the Existence of the Dadaab Camps in Kenya
(Springer, Cham, 2019)
Scholars increasingly have challenged the idea that camps as social worlds can only be visualized in terms of helplessness, immobility, and isolation. Similarly, this contribution demonstrates that Somali kinship practices ...
Networked Spaces: Benefits of Mobile Phones in the Treatment and Referral Process within iCCM
(2018)
Kenya is still lagging behind regional and global averages in child mortality rates despite the fact that substantial
progress has been made in reducing child mortality through child health programs since 1990. ...
Social capital and climate change perception in the Mara River Basin, Kenya
(IISTE, 2015)
Climate change is a phenomenon that affects different facets of human livelihood. However, the general public does not
easily comprehend it. This study was inspired by the realization that climate change is not just an ...
Sex in the Green Lodging: The Voices of Medically Circum- cised Fishermen on the Shores of Lake Victoria, Western Ken- ya
(HSOA Journal of AIDS Clinical Research and STDs, 2018-03-22)
Fishing communities have been reported as one of the highest-risk
groups for HIV infection in Kenya and other countries with
high HIV and AIDS prevalence. Studies along Lake Victoria region,
where HIV and AIDS had a ...
Animating ‘refugeeness’ through vulnerabilities: worthiness of long-term exile in resettlement claims among Somali refugees in Kenya
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-08)
Refugees are generally viewed as a transitory problem. In many African countries, however, protracted refugee situations have turned the temporary refugee state into a more or less permanent phenomenon. In this article, I ...