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By Elijah Odanga
The Forum for African Women Educationalists – Kenya Cha (FAWEK), a Non-Governmental Organization has convened a multi stakeholder sensitization meeting in Nairobi to have a just and inclusive society where gender parity and equality in education and training prevails.
This comes amid the FAWEK partnership with MasterCard Foundation in the Imarisha Msichana Project which aims to significantly reduce the incidence of teenage pregnancy in Kenya during and beyond the COVID 19 crisis by 2025.
The program is being implemented in 20 counties in Kenya including; Nakuru, Nairobi, Machakos, Elgeyo-Marakwet, Kiambu, Garissa, Bungoma, Kakamega, Nyeri, Migori, Murang’a among others.
Actual interventions include collaboration with key stakeholders in generation of credible and acceptable data on teenage pregnancies in Kenya that will advise on suitable solutions such as; championing for re-entry of girls to school.
The ultimate goal is to ensure more girls are retained in schools and complete their education to be more productive people in the society.
The re-entry to school policy advocates that girls who drop out of school due to pregnancy should be re-admitted after weaning.
The aim of this policy is to find measures to help prevent the exclusion of young mothers from education.
Justus Makhulo,Program officer FAWEK stated during the event that,”Some of the objectives include to discuss and take stock of the achievements, milestones and the overall impact of the Imarisha Msichana project. To also generate lessons and best practices reduction of teenage pregnancy and early marriage that can be scaled-up and/or adopted by FAWEK and other stakeholders.”
