{"id":966,"date":"2014-01-31T06:22:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T06:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2014\/01\/31\/amecea-cuea-conducts-baseline-survey\/"},"modified":"2016-05-03T09:41:06","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T09:41:06","slug":"amecea-cuea-conducts-baseline-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2014\/01\/31\/amecea-cuea-conducts-baseline-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"AMECEA: CUEA Conducts a Baseline Survey Training Workshop on Transforming Girls Education in a Violence Free Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/CUEA-Logo-1024x958.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/CUEA-Logo-1024x958.jpg\" height=\"186\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) through<br \/>\nthe Department of Research, in collaboration with Actionaid International Kenya<br \/>\nheld a two day workshop on 28th and 29th January 2014, on Transforming Girls<br \/>\nEducation in a Violence Free Environment, at the University. <\/p>\n<p>The researchers<br \/>\ntraining and the consequent baseline survey data collection commencing on January<br \/>\n30th to 9th February 2014, marks the beginning of the two year project funded<br \/>\nby the Department of International Department (DFID), also known as UKAID.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nAccording to Mr. Sam Oando, from the Research Department<br \/>\nat the University, the project \u201cTransforming Girls Education in a Violence Free<br \/>\nEnvironment\u201d seeks to understand and address the root causes and consequences<br \/>\nof violence against girls, and its impact on the enjoyment of their rights to<br \/>\nand in education.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nDiscussing the Child Protection Policy that is based on<br \/>\nthe UN Convention on Rights of the Child Principals, Ms. Joan Marende, National<br \/>\nProject Manger, Actionaid International Kenya, observed that forms of child<br \/>\nabuse and exploitation include: emotional, physical, social, sexual and<br \/>\nneglect. She further defined children in difficult circumstances as those<br \/>\n\u201cchildren for whom there is an apparent threat to life or an emergency<br \/>\nsituation.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nCUEA in partnership with Actionaid shall work with a team<br \/>\nof researchers, from different parts of Kenya and from various faculties<br \/>\nincluding the Faculty of Education in the University coordinated by the<br \/>\nDepartment of Research. This project shall be implemented simultaneously in<br \/>\nfive different regions in Kenya. These are: Nyarongi (Homa Bay County), Kuria<br \/>\n(Migori County), Kishushe (Taita Taveta County), Kamuthe (Garissa County) and<br \/>\nMarafa (Malindi County).<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\">\n&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">SOURCE: CUEA Press<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) through the Department of Research, in collaboration with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3479,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966\/revisions\/3479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}