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    • Regulations & Syllabus for the Women's Business Incubation Program - Women's Economic Empowerment 

      AWSC, Women's Economic Empowerment Hub (UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2022-08)
      The focus on women’s economic empowerment is currently a global priority. Women’s economic empowerment is the process of achieving women’s equal access to and control of economic resources and being able to make decisions ...

    • Role of Women’s Organizations and Individual’s Commitment Towards the Constitution Making Process in Kenya (S.1, Part 3) 

      AWSC, Women's Economic Empowerment Hub; Baraza, Nancy; Odinga, Idah; Sikand, Kamla (UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)
      The video was recorded in 2017 and it focuses on the role of women’s organizations as the key medium for women’s participation in the constitution-making process. It also includes how women’s organizations set the women’s ...

    • Social Protection for Women’s Economic Empowerment - Lessons From Kazi Mtaani & Inua Jamii 

      Kabira, Nkatha; Kamau, Beatrice; Njeri, Caudesia; Kyalo, Esther; Githuku, Ndungi (UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2023)
      This report is the result of research conducted by the Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Hub, African Women’s Studies Center, and University of Nairobi. The research aimed at using the example of Kazi Mtaani and Inua Jamii ...

    • Strategies that Work - Women in Politics & Constitution Making in Kenya 

      Kabira, Wanjiku Mukabi; Auma, Elizabeth; Akoth, Brender; Wamuyu, Ruth (African Women Studies Research Centre & Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, University of Nairobi with the support of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2022)

    • WEE Hub Newsletter (Vol.1, Issue 01, Jan 2023) 

      AWSC, Women's Economic Empowerment Hub (UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2023-01)
      Welcome to the Inaugural Issue of the, UON WEE HUB NEWSLETTER. This quarterly publication by the University of Nairobi Women’s Economic Empowerment (UoN WEE) Hub will bring to you updates on the research activities, ...

    • WEE Hub Newsletter (Vol.1, Issue 02, Jun 2023) 

      AWSC, Women's Economic Empowerment Hub (UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2023-06)
      Welcome to our second issue of the University of Nairobi Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Hub newsletter. The Hub is happy to continue interacting with you through this quarterly publication. The Year 2023 began in ...

    • WEE Hub Newsletter (Vol.1, Issue 03, Aug 2023) 

      AWSC, Women's Economic Empowerment Hub (Women's Economic Empowerment Hub (WEE-Hub), University of Nairobi, 2023-08)
      Welcome to Volume 1, Issue 3 of the UoN WEE Hub Newsletter. The WEE Hub is committed, through research on entrepreneurship and employment to generate data that supports continuous evidence-based development of knowledge ...

    • WEE Hub Newsletter (Vol.1, Issue 04, Jan 2024) 

      AWSC, Women's Economic Empowerment Hub (Women's Economic Empowerment Hub (WEE-Hub), University of Nairobi, 2024-01)
      At the Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Hub of the African Women Studies Centre (AWSC), now in its fourth year of implementation, we have made substantive progress in the implementation of the program working towards the ...

    • Women’s Experiences in Politics and Constitution-Making in Kenya (S.1, Part 1) 

      Asiyo, Phoebe; Karua, Martha; AWSC, Women's Economic Empowerment Hub (AWSC & Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2022)
      The video was recorded in 2017 and focuses on the role of women in the making of the first and second constitutions of Kenya. The two women pathfinders also narrate the role of women’s organizations/movement in enhancing ...

    • Women’s Participation in Constitution Making Process in Kenya (S.2, Part 1) 

      AWSC, Women's Economic Empowerment Hub; Mwidau, Maimuna (UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2021)
      The video was recorded in 2021 and it focuses on women’s engagement in the different stages of the constitution review process. In this video, the participants underscore the significance of consensus building among women ...

    • Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.2, Part 2) 

      AWSC, Women's Economic Empowerment Hub; Mbote, Patricia Kameri (UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2021)
      The gender-blind and discriminatory nature of Kenyan laws, including the constitution, prompted ProfMbote to get involved in the constitution-making process in which she seized the opportunity to rectify this situation. ...

    • Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.2, Part 3) 

      AWSC, Women's Economic Empowerment Hub; Amdany, Daisy (UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2021)
      Daisy had a personal experience on with gender-based discrimination as she looked for a job after her college studies. When she finally landed a job, she realized that women were paid less than men. Her personal experience ...

    • Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.2, Part 4) 

      AWSC, Women's Economic Empowerment Hub; Subow, Rukia (UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)
      Ambassador Rukia Subow was the “Chairperson” of Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organization (MYWO), an organization involved in mobilizing grassroots women countrywide for the constitutional review process. She represented women’s ...

    • Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.2, Part 5) 

      AWSC, Women's Economic Empowerment Hub; Kanyi, Mary Wambui (UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2021)
      To realize their gains in the constitution, Kanyi notes that the individual woman’s role was interlinked with that of others. They worked collectively and capitalized on each other’s strengths to achieve their goal in the ...

    • Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.3, Part 1) 

      AWSC, Women's Economic Empowerment Hub; Asiyo, Phoebe (UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)
      This 2hours 17minutes 31seconds-long video was recorded in June 2017. Hon. Phoebe Asiyo, a daughter of a Seventh Day Adventist missionary, had the opportunity to go to school and later trained as a teacher before joining ...

    • Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.3, Part 10) 

      AWSC, Women's Economic Empowerment Hub; Yano, Alice (UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)
      This 34minutes 18seconds–long video, was recorded in June 2017. She was born and raised in Marakwet where most girl children marry off early and drop out of school. After completing primary school, she was called to Alliance ...

    • Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.3, Part 11) 

      AWSC, Women's Economic Empowerment Hub; Kanyi, Mary Wambui (UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)
      This 29minutes 57seconds–long video was recorded in June 2017. Kanyi notes that her growing up in the Catholic Church and studying at Ngandu Girls High School where she was involved in the care and support of the vulnerable ...

    • Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.3, Part 12) 

      AWSC, Women's Economic Empowerment Hub; Obande, Ochola (UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)
      This 1hour 52minutes 57seconds–long video was recorded in June 2017. Ochola was the ninth child in her family. Her father was a teacher and the mother used to teach women about agriculture, food security and making money ...

    • Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.3, Part 13) 

      AWSC, Women's Economic Empowerment Hub; Mwamburi, Agnes (UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)
      This 1hour 23minutes 44seconds–long video was recorded in June 2017. Mwamburi was born in Voi, Taita Taveta Division and married in Busia and settled in Nakuru. After completing her secondary and A-levels she joined Kenya ...

    • Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.3, Part 14) 

      AWSC, Women's Economic Empowerment Hub; Muigai, Salome (UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)
      This 47minutes 56seconds – long video was recorded in June 2017. Salome started observing discrimination against girls and women from an early age. As a girl with a disability, she was never conscious of social gender ...