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Contenu sensible

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Pays

Kenya

Scores
60.1/100
Global
48.9/100
Governance and accountability
30.0/100
Prevention
70.0/100
Healing
70.6/100
Justice

Afrique subsaharienne

1st

Global

2nd

Governance and accountability

8th

Prevention

1st

Healing

1st

Justice

Rang partagé — un ou plusieurs pays ont le même score.

Pathfinder

8th

Global

12th

Governance and accountability

21st

Prevention

9th

Healing

7th

Justice

Rang partagé — un ou plusieurs pays ont le même score.

EVAC Ministerial

11th

Global

15th

Governance and accountability

30th

Prevention

10th

Healing

9th

Justice

Rang partagé — un ou plusieurs pays ont le même score.

Indicateurs contextuels
GDP per capita
2206.13
Level of poverty
38.6
Gini coefficient
38.7
Rule of Law Index
0.45
Gender Inequality Index (GII)
0.53
Women in parliament
23.4
Gender gap in educational attainment
0.88
LGBTQ Equality Index
19.0
Birth registration
76.0
Internet penetration rate
34.98
Lead child protection ministries or agencies
2.0
Child marriage
13.0
Sexual violence
18.0
Online child sexual abuse
6.5
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Progress through data, policy, and investment

Kenya is a leader in the Sub-Saharan Africa region. It is one of only four countries globally to have conducted repeat Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS) in 2010 and 2019, providing critical data to inform evidence-based policy to end violence against children and adolescents. 

Progress has been substantial. In the decade between surveys, prevalence rates of childhood sexual violence among young women fell by 50%. This decline has been attributed in part to strong government leadership, including the enactment of a new Constitution in 2010 explicitly guaranteeing children’s rights to live free from violence as well as laws such as the 2022 Children Act, which bans corporal punishment in all settings. The Act also clearly defines and criminalizes online grooming of children for sexual purposes, something few countries have done comprehensively. 

Kenya has also introduced key frameworks, including the 2017 guidelines on child-friendly justice, and 2018 standard procedures for the clinical management of children who experience sexual violence. The government invested in human resource development and systems strengthening, meaningful child participation, and expanded violence against children prevention services through community-level interventions. Donor-funded initiatives, such as the DREAMS program, likely contributed as well. Kenya further established a National Action Plan addressing online sexual violence against children, reinforcing its commitment to tackling emerging forms of abuse.

What remains: Closing the gaps in protection

Leadership brings responsibility. Closing these gaps will require action like: 

  • Ratifying key international legal instruments
  • Enacting protective legislation to criminalize intrafamilial sexual abuse and abuse by people in positions of authority
  • Holding Internet Service Providers accountable for reporting suspected child sexual abuse material
  • Making cross-border law enforcement possible through laws allowing extradition and extraterritoriality 
  • Updating the National Action Plan, which expired in 2023, including both in-person and online sexual violence against children
  • Establishing mandatory comprehensive life skills sexuality education covering sexual violence awareness and help-seeking
  • Putting in place parenting support programs, and 
  • Training physicians on sexual violence against children

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