Women in Activism and Politics. The first woman in Kenya elected to hold a political position was Grace Onyango. She holds many firsts such as the first female councillor, the first female …
Mar 5, 2024 · The women of Kenya are justifiably exhausted by the constant threat to their lives and the lack of justice and support when violence is meted out against them. The government …
The Women and Men in Kenya booklet provides facts and figures on the status of women and men in Kenya. The booklet presents indicators focusing on the following: population, health, …
Feminism in Kenya concerns the organized efforts to improve the rights of the girls and women of Kenya. [1] The modern feminist movement, which took off in the early 1960s and also in the …
It highlights deeply entrenched discriminatory social and gender norms, sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, and the slow progress in women’s political participation and …
Globally, some progress on women’s rights has been achieved. In Kenya, 12.5% of women aged 20–24 years old who were married or in a union before age 18. The adolescent birth rate is …
Twenty-nine percent of women in Kenya are empowered; that is, empowered in 80 percent of the total weighted indicators set as a threshold by a consensus of related stakeholders. Women in …
This article discusses the situation and roles of women in Kenya. Five areas are addressed: (1) participation of women in education; (2) participation of women in the labour force, formal and …
The Women Empowerment Index (WEI), prepared in part-nership with KNBS and UNICEF, is a major milestone as the first comprehensive and systematic measure of women’s and girls’ …
Oct 24, 2022 · Working with over 1,000 grassroots peacebuilders since 2019, Kenya’s National Action Plan (KNAPII) is being localized across the country to foster meaningful inclusion of …