HiiL Innovation Hub - EA

In this podcast, we are happy to host two guests who are advocates from Kenya and Uganda sharing their experience on employment injustices and how to eradicate them in the workplace. Kevin Kwasa is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and also a Partner from O & M Law, Kenya. Linda Alinda - Ikanza is an Advocate of the High Court of Uganda and also a Partner from Amber Solicitors & Advocates, Uganda. Our moderator is Brian Bright, from Wakili.sha Initiative, who leads this conversation on employment discrimination in the workplace.

This conversation tackles:

1. Defining discrimination.
2. Highlighting common forms of discrimination in the workplace.
3. What's the impact of employment injustice on employees?
4. What are some challenges that are faced in protecting the rights of employees?
5. How do employers make sure that there's a balance between productivity and protecting the rights of employees?
6. Where do aggrieved employees go to in the event that they face discrimination/other employment injustices? Other than the courts, why is it important to have ADR mechanisms put in place to handle employee grievances?
7. How do employment laws accommodate non-discrimination in the workplace practically? How are employees protected? What more accommodation can be made to cater for all?

It is estimated that there are about 20,000 victims of child sex trafficking in Kenya according to IJM Kenya and only a fraction of the cases are reported to the police. Additionally, the 2020 Trafficking In Persons Report by the United States Department of State indicated that out of the 853 reported victims of trafficking in Kenya in 2019, 351 were girls and 227 were boys while the DCI’s Transnational Organized Crime Unit (TOCU) proactively identified 144 trafficking victims during raids and encounters with commercial sex establishments. Similarly, a report by the East Africa Rights Child Network (EARCN) on Child Trafficking and Unsafe Migration in Kenya in the time of Covid 19, highlighted that Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) affects many children, who are trafficked into brothels and the sex tourism industry, and cases of Online Child Sexual Exploitation of Children (OCSE) were noted.

To help us dissect this issue, we invited 3 guests:

1. Timothy Kihungu, Attorney at International Justice Mission (IJM) Kenya
2. Margaret Njihia, Child Psychologist and Director, Sterling Performance Africa (SPA)i
3. John Ngoti, Child Therapist, Childline Kenya

To report any cases of child abuse, neglect, exploitation, or trafficking, call the FREE HOTLINE 116, run by Childline Kenya.

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