Kenya; Fighting for Children

Christina Thompson
SOC 202-02
September 01, 2006
ISSUE: GENDER AND FAMILY

In an article published August 28, 2006 in the The East African Standard
called “Kenya; Fighting for Children,” the topic was the violence that is
being brought upon children in Africa with a focal point on the country of
Kenya. In Nairobi, there have been 1, 179 children violated in 2006
(Kenya… p 1). The violence ranged from sexual abuse to neglect against
children in Nairobi.
Various groups such as the Unicefs and other public and private
organizations have began a campaign to bring international attention to
this problem. There are many troubling reports from this article is that
women seem to fear men more than anything else because of the chance of
being raped or kidnapped. "We fear men more than we fear hyenas," say
women and girls from Garissa who had been displaced by the recent drought
(Kenya… p. 2). If women are raped or subject to come kind of sexual abuse
there is a vulnerability of receiving HIV/AIDS.
An article published September 2, 2006 called “Saving children must come
first” by the Weekend Australian tells of how child abuse in their country
is a problem as well. According to the article, in Western Australia, 57
children have died in the past three years from a death connected with
abused although the child protective services had been warned ahead of time
(Saving… p 2).
The differences between the two countries is that one is a developed
country and the other is not. However, they both experience lack of
support from the government to stop the problem of child abuse in the
public. I believe that stricter enforceable laws need to be in place in
these country that will protect children from their guardians. In
developed countries children are supposed to viewed differently and with
care. Children are not able to defend themselves and often slip through
the cracks of the system.


WORKS CITED:
“Kenya; Fighting for Children,” The East African Standard. Africa News.
Lexis Nexis .UNC Greensboro. 1 Sept 2006. (pages
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“Saving children must come first.” Weekend Australian. Nationwide News Pty
Limited. Lexis Nexis . UNC Greensboro. 2 Sept 2006 (p 1-2 of 125)
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