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:
Thomas 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.
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:
Reflections, practices and call to action in advance of the CRC’s Committee Day of General Discussion on children’s rights and alternative care
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.