Our work in Kenya
Call to action to protect the right to family life - webinar recordings
Reflections, practices and call to action in advance of the CRC’s Committee Day of General Discussion on children’s rights and alternative care
The Guardian covers DRI's latest Kenya Report
The Guardian covers DRI's latest report, Infanticide and Abuse: Killing and Confinement of Children with Disabilities in Kenya, documenting the intense pressure that Kenyan parents face - to murder their own children - if they are born with a disability.
From the article:
Thomson Reuters Foundation News Coverage of DRI Kenya Report
Thomson Reuters Foundation News recently released an article, Stigma, poverty leave 'cursed' disabled children neglected in Kenya's orphanages, covering DRI's latest report - Infanticide and Abuse: Killing and confinement of children with disabilities in Kenya.
DRI releases report on Kenya - infanticide and abuse
Nairobi, Kenya - September 27, 2018 - Disability Rights International (DRI) released a report today documenting the intense pressure that Kenyan parents face - to murder their own children - if they are born with a disability. Children with disabilities are considered cursed or possessed. And throughout Kenya many believe that having such a child is punishment for the sins of the mother.
BBC News Covers Latest Kenya Report
A new article from BBC News, Infanticide in Kenya: ‘I was told to kill my disabled baby’, was released covering DRI's latest Kenya report, Infanticide and Abuse: Killing and confinement of children with disabilities in Kenya.
Here is a brief excerpt of their coverage: