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A teenage mother with her baby in Isiolo. [Phares Mutembei, Standard]
Just as the height of the Covid-19 pandemic saw a spike in cases of teen pregnancies and sexual and gender-based violence, young girls are in the same danger of sexual exploitation and violence during this extended school holiday.
As exciting as the holiday season is, we cannot ignore the fact that it also worsens the existing vulnerabilities of girls and young women to sexual violence and violation.
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