The covid-19 pandemic is likely to cause a one-third reduction in progress towards ending gender-based violence by 2030.
COVID-19 has heightened pre-existing risks of GBV against girls, with reports indicating a sharp increase in reported incidents of Intimate Partner Violence. Adolescent girls are particularly vulnerable.
Girls should be protected from harmful cultural practices that limit them from realizing their full potential
My name is ‘Naisula’, I come from one of the remote villages of Kajiado County in Kenya. I narrowly escaped child marriage on the eve of my planned marital ceremony. I am only twelve now and unfortunately, I was cut when I was ten during the initiation period.
Eskedar Beyene
Manager, Operations
beyene@africanchildforum.org
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