Global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign

Over sixty children from statutory institutions managed by Kenya’s Directorate of Children Services (DCS) added their voices to the Global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign by calling for an end to violence against women, girls and boys.

As a result of a Mentorship Day staged by DCS, UNODC and other partners, the children gained a better understanding of crime prevention and of the serious nature of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV).

At the event, UNODC partnered with university students who offered peer mentorship to the children and organized fun learning activities for the mentorship day. Guided by UNODC and DCS, the peer-to-peer mentorship relations will form long-term structures of engagement for counselling and mentorship among the children and university students.

This was carried out within the framework of two development projects co-implemented by UNODC: the Preventing Violent Extremism project through rehabilitation, vocational training and social reintegration for children in Statutory Institutions in Kenya’ with support from the Government of Canada; and the Programme for Legal Empowerment and Aid Delivery in Kenya (PLEAD) with support from the European Union.