Law vs. Teenage Pregnancies: Chepseon Complex High School Forum
Doing what we do best for generational impact! Our Founding Director led a Sensitization forum in Chepseon Complex High School to enlighten the students on the dangers of Teenage Pregnancies and Child Marriages.
The Director was accompanied by the Foundation’s Research and Strategy Volunteer, Mr. Job Mugiira, who conducted a step by step analysis of various legal provisions that protect the students and accord them rights especially that of Education and Protection since they are still children. Mr. Mugiira cautioned the boys against engaging in acts that would be interpreted as defilement and easily land them to be in conflict with the law and lead them to jail. He noted that the Sexual Offences Act (2006) 2006 stipulates various offences that are punishable by law and the students needed to take the necessary precautions to avoid being in conflict with the provisions of the SOA 2006.
Further, he noted that there exists a greater challenge where teenagers consensually engage in sexual intercourse and fully appreciate the nature of their actions despite the two parties being minors. For long, the male child has been held criminally liable, whereas the female child would go scot-free. This means the boys have to take extra precaution to avoid such scenarios.
Ms. Daisy Kosgey encouraged the girls to remain focused with their studies with an aim of transforming the society they live in. She asked the girls to avoid being taken advantage of by men with ill motives that would lead them to teenage pregnancies and/or early marriages.
In conclusion, the Sister’s Keeper Club Patron in the school MS. Jennifer Mutai asked the students to apply the wisdom shared with them in their daily lives. She also, on behalf of the school, received Sanitary Pads donated by the Foundation to ensure girls remain in school during their menses.
As a Foundation, we are committed to ensure that girls are thriving in a society free of Teenage Pregnancy and Child Marriage.
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