Supporting 160 Girls Police Training Scale-up to End Child Rape in Kenya

The project aims to enforce existing child rape laws and increase safety from child rape for all girls in Kenya. The project supports the equality effect (e²) to create systemic change in Kenya by ending impunity for child rape through its 160 Girls justice project. The project works to reduce gender-based violence and ensure girls have access to justice so that they can live safe healthy and empowered lives and contribute to local economies in meaningful ways. Project activities include: (1) developing delivering and incorporating police college training into police college curriculum to increase police ability to investigate cases consistent with human rights law and international best practices; (2) developing Justice Clubs to educate girls on rape incorporating them into the Ministry of Education curriculum and rolling them out across Kenya; and (3) supporting the implementation of a health impact and child rape incidence measurement methodology.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved child rape investigations by police officers in Kenya; and (2) improved and equitable access to justice for girls in Kenya regarding child rape investigations.