Protecting children from harmful cultural practices: a study on female genital mutilation in Kenya

According to the World Health Organization, this practice exists for non-medical reasons. The cut can be aimed at removing the clitoris (clitoridectomy), the labia minora and infibulation (which is basically the narrowing of the vaginal orifice with the creation of a covering seal by cutting and appositioning the labia minora with or without the excision […]

State of art synthesis on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in Kenya: Assessing the feasibility of national SGBV courts and Court User Committees (CUCs) intervention

Here in Kenya, the sentencing practices of SGBV cases vary greatly and thus have been subject to criticism on several grounds. Despite this and many other challenges, the jurisprudence of SGBV continues to evolve to better recognize and ameliorate the egregious experiences of victims. Also, efforts are being made to roll out National SGBV  Court […]

The undelivered promise of electoral justice by the Constitution of Kenya, 2010:

Background information and possible reforms Since we attained self-independence as a nation in 1963, every single election that we have is always followed by unnumbered election petitions and a lot of violence. This clearly shows that Kenyans have no trust in our electoral systems including the electoral commissions that the 2010 Constitution of Kenya tends […]

Issue No. 83 | Dec 2022, Social Justice Advocacy
December 30, 2022
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Black Panther in the classroom: how Afrofuturism in a film helped trainee teachers in South Africa

While I enjoyed and was entertained by the first film, I was also struck by its potential as a teaching tool. Its Afrofuturistic approach – using the past to imagine futures that differ from existing historical narratives – could, I thought, be a catalyst for dispelling myths about African history, culture and tradition. It might […]