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Womens labour force participation and fertility in Nairobi
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 2001)The past two decades have witnessed notable advances in studies seeking to illuminate potential connections between women's roles and demographic phenomena Whereas in more developed countries, an inverse relationship is ... -
Women’s Access to Agricultural Information and Its Impact on Household Food Security in Kyau Village, Makueni County, Kenya
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Women’s access to and use of the mobile telephone in Western Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts in Gender and Development studies, 2010-10)The purpose of this study was to establish the levels of access and use of mobile phones by women living and carrying out business on Mayanja market in Bungoma South district. By examining the benefits and challenges ... -
Women’s Agency in Agroforestry and Its Contribution to Household Fuelwood Security in Kimilili Sub-county in Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Despite aspirations to transition away from fuelwood reliance, the persisting reality is that billions worldwide, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, continue to depend on it as their primary cooking energy source. Being ... -
Women’s Agency in the Context of Devolution in Kenya: a Case of Kajiado County
(University of Nairobi, 2015)There has been considerable debate in the literature on women’s participation and role in public administration and management. Devolution, currently in its third year of implementation in Kenya, offers a good platform ... -
Women’s Autonomy and Contraceptive Use in Kenya: a Multilevel Analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Background: Modern Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (mCPR) in Kenya has steadily increased from 39% in 2008-09 to 58% in 2014. Nonetheless, the modern contraceptive need of 18% of women aged 15 – 49 years is still unmet ... -
Women’s empowerment through education in Africa: a case study of unesco
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This research study was carried on women empowerment through education in Africa. This was done with an aim of establishing the matters of concern related to women empowerment through education in Africa either the ... -
Women’s Experiences in Peace Building Processes: the Case of Turkana County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The overall goal of this study was to investigate women‟s experiences in peace building within the County of Turkana. The study‟s specific objectives were to: document the role of women in peace building within the County ... -
Women’s Labour shift from Farming to Mining and its influence on food Security within households headed by women miners in Nyatike Sub-county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Subsistence crop farming and Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) in the developing countries both provide women with economic opportunities outside their homes. Recently in Kenya however, several rural Women ... -
Women’s movements and collective action in Africa: lessons from Ousmane Sembene’s God’s bits of wood, Anlu of Cameroun and the women’s market rebellion in Lagos
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The objective of this thesis was to analyse women’s collective action in colonial Africa with a goal of understanding and highlighting the roots, gains and opportunities of women’s movements in Africa through an African ... -
Women’s participation in small and micro enterprises and the performance of their businesses in Gikomba market, Nairobi county
(University of Nairobi, 2015)In the developing countries, Small Micro Enterprises (SME) comprises 95% of all businesses and 60-70% of employment. Although the majority of entrepreneurs are male, nowadays female entrepreneurs comprise a quarter to a ... -
Women’s perception of leadership and its influence on voting for women leaders in Kenya: a case study of Bumula constituency in Bungoma county
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)Women constitute more than half of the world population and therefore their contribution to social and economic development is also more than half as compared to men by virtue of their dual roles in the productive and ... -
Women’s self help groups : a study of their characteristics and performance in Saboti constituency, Trans-nzoia county
(University of Nairobi, 2014-10)Recently issues of women Self - help groups have gained grounds. Kenya like many other Sub - Saharan Africa n countries has a vibr ant history of self - help groups. Self - help groups play a major ... -
Women’s status and fertility behaviour in Kenya:a case study of Nyamache division, Kisii District
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts Anthropology, 1990-05)This study examines the relationship between women's status and fertility behaviour in the Gusii Community of Kenya. Although there are several dimensions by which women acquire their status,this study focuses mainly on ... -
Women’s status as a crucial factor in fertility regulation:A case study of Mathare and Komarock residential areas of Nairobi
(University of NairobiFaculty of Arts, 1998)This is a Micro-level study which attempts to examine the impact of differential status of women on fertility level at family level in an Urban setting in Nairobi-Kenya. Women's education and labour force participation ... -
Wood fuel impact on environment in Kenya: a case of Dadaab refugee camps
(Department of Arts-Economics, 2005)The environment is impacted by activities undertaken in most countries. In developing countries, poverty has been linked to the destruction of the environment. There are many causes of environmental destruction that ... -
Wood fuel demand and supply in a rural set up: A Case of Naitiri Sub-location Bungoma District
(University of Nairobi,, 1989-06)This study addresses itself to rural energy supply and demand in a medium agricultural potential area which has a medium population density. The predominant source of rural domestic energy in the third world as a whole and ... -
Wood resources and woodfuel requirements in North Bunyore location, Kakamega District
(Department of Geography, University of Nairobi, 1989)This study focussed great attention on wood resources and wood-fuel requirements in North Bunyore location of Kakamega District,Kenya. The wood resources yield the biomass used for timber~ construction poles and wood-fuel ... -
Word order in Toposa: an aspect of multiple feature-checking
(2002)The purpose of this thesis Is to provide a feature-checking approach to sentence structure and language typology within the generative framework, based on Toposa, a highly inflectional Eastern Nilotic language of Sudan. It ... -
Word processor for Gikuyu language with spell check
(School of Computing and Informatics, 2007)The use of computers in the home and workplace has soared over the last decade. While software applications have been developed for the most widely used languages of the world, many of the minority languages have been ...
