Girls

Kenya’s Somali Refugees: Overcoming Cultural Obstacles to Girls’ Education in Dadaab

April 12, 2012

11 April 2012 [from the AllAfrica Web site] Dadaab — A mix of cultural practices, such as early and forced marriage, as well as child labour, are depriving girls of education in the Dadaab refugee complex in eastern Kenya. Out of Dadaab’s estimated population of 463,000 mainly Somali refugees, more than half are children under [...]