Gender Issues Affecting Girl Child Education in Northern Kenya (2015)
This study is a Descriptive research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Adan Maalim Hussein
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: The purpose of the study was to find out the impact of Female Genital Mutilation on education of girls Mandera County.
Study Population: Girls
Findings: The paper found out that Kenya girl child is adversely affected by gender issues ranging from female genital mutilation,early marriage of girl child dropout of school since most of parents prefer educating the boys child rather than the girls child when faced with financial constraints,sexual abuse and gender based labor division which affect the girls child school performance since the girls fail to competitively do their school given home work
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Eastern Africa
Country(ies):Kenya