Title:
Making parents and teachers think about the effects of corporal punishment : Kenya : based on an interview
Authors:
Odoyo, R.
Year:
2006
Serial number:
106
Journal:
Early Childhood Matters
Pages:
32
-
33
ISSN:
1387-9553
Language:
eng
Subject:
Culture, Society and Religion
Keywords:
children
,
violence
,
human rights
,
law
Abstract:
Corporal punishment has been technically banned in Kenya’s schools since 1972 – but it is still a routine occurrence in the country’s classrooms and homes, says Rose Odoyo, the Chief Executive Officer of
the Kenya Chapter of the African Network for Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN). ANPPCAN tries to counter violence through sensitisation and awareness raising. For six years
they have been running a Child Rights Awareness and Legal Education Programme in Korogocho, a non-formal settlement on the outskirts of Nairobi, and have now moved to the Soweto area of Embakasi Division to run the Soweto Child Rights Development Programme. These programmes work
to raise social consciousness of both the legal and moral responsibility to stand up for the rights of the child.
Organization:
Bernard van Leer Foundation
Country:
Kenya
Region:
East Africa
Category:
Practice
Right:
© 2006 Bernard van Leer Foundation
Document type:
E-article
File:
124194.pdf