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Direct linkParkes, Jenny; Heslop, Jo; Januario, Francisco; Oando, Samwel; Sabaa, Susan – Comparative Education, 2016
This paper interrogates the influence of a tradition-modernity dichotomy on perspectives and practices on sexual violence and sexual relationships involving girls in three districts of Kenya, Ghana and Mozambique. Through deploying an analytical framework of positioning within multiple discursive sites, we argue that although the dichotomy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Violence, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment
Download full textOtieno, Mary – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2020
School-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) is one of the worst manifestations of gender discrimination and violates a wide range of children's rights. Education is critical in empowering and transforming the lives of young people, especially girls, yet widespread gender-based violence (GBV) in and around schools seriously undermines the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Violence, Gender Discrimination, Childrens Rights
Abuya, Benta A.; Onsomu, Elijah O.; Moore, Dakysha – International Journal of Educational Development, 2012
In 2010, there was a slight decrease in the number of out-of school adolescents from 75 million in 2009 (UNESCO, 2009) to 71 million in 2010, of which 55% are girls (UNESCO, 2010). In Kenya, only 17% of girls have secondary education (CBS, 2004). This paper analyzes the role of families in girls' secondary education in two schools within Nairobi…
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, Secondary Education, Daughters, Dropouts
Abuya, Benta A.; Onsomu, Elijah O.; Moore, DaKysha; Sagwe, Jackline – Journal of School Violence, 2012
In 2003, 31% of young Kenyan women ages 15-24 reported sexual harassment and violence (SHV), with a majority experiencing sexual debut due to coercion (Central Bureau of Statistics, 2004). Data were obtained from a sample of 20 girls attending school in Kamu and Lafamu (pseudonyms used for the study sites), 10 girls who had dropped out of school,…
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, Sexual Abuse, Females, Slums
Abuya, Benta A.; Onsomu, Elijah O.; Moore, DaKysha; Piper, Crystal N. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
The objective of this study was to examine the association between education and domestic violence among women being offered an HIV test in urban and rural areas in Kenya. A sample selection of women who experienced physical (n = 4,308), sexual (n = 4,309), and emotional violence (n = 4,312) aged 15 to 49 allowed for the estimation of the…
Descriptors: Females, Higher Education, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Secondary Education
Opini, Bathseba – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2012
This paper discusses barriers to the participation of women with disabilities in Kenyan university education. While studies have shown that students with disabilities are increasingly enrolling in and completing university education, the number of women with disabilities in higher education remains low. This paper highlights the factors that…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, At Risk Persons, Womens Education
