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Conversations with the Pathfinders - Kenyan Women in Politics, Leadership, Social Mobilization & Constitution Making
(African Women Studies Research Centre & Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, University of Nairobi with the support of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2022)
This book is a great account of ordinary women doing ordinary things that yielded extraordinary results. The Pathfinders’ stories in this book demonstrate the variety of jungles that women find themselves in as they navigate ...
Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.2, Part 2)
(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.3, Part 3)
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)
This 1hour 21minutes 15seconds-long video was recorded in 2018. Ms Mbogo was born in Eldama Ravine where her father worked at a farm. She started schooling in Nyanza after her family moved there. In primary school, she was ...
Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.3, Part 4)
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)
This 34minutes 27seconds-long video was recorded in 2018 and features Hon. Martha Karua. Hon. Karua was born and raised in Kirinyaga. Upon completing primary school, she joined Nairobi Girls Secondary and later the University ...
Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.3, Part 9)
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)
This 1hour 42minutes 29seconds – long video, was recorded in June 2017. Prof. Kabira’s interest in women’s struggles was aroused by research she conducted on women’s economic empowerment in Kiambu in 1983 in preparation ...
Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.3, Part 13)
(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 10)
(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 14)
(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 ...
Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.3, Part 12)
(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 11)
(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 ...