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Women Participation in the Clothing Industry Through E-commerce
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The project presents the findings of a study on women participation in the clothing industry through E-Commerce in Nairobi City County. The study was carried out in Nairobi city County. The study aimed at examining the ... -
Women participation in the management of natural resources: a case study of forest in Nkubu division, Meru central district
(University of NairobiInstitute Of Anthropology, Gender And African Studies, 2008)This study sought to solve the central problem of how to involve women in forest resource management. The study was undertaken at Nkubu Division, Meru District, where there are many conservation agencies, development agencies ... -
Women participation in the management of natural resources: the case of land in Keumbu division, Kisii central district
(University of Nairobi.Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies, 2008)This study set out to examine the gender perspectives of land use and management in Keumbu Division of Kisii District, Kenya. It specifically investigated into the interplay between male-female relations and land ownership, ... -
Women Representation in the Highest Courts: the Impelementation of the Constitutional Gender Quota in the Supreme Court of Kenya
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Women rights as human rights: a critical analysis of the implementation of CEDAW in Kenya 1991-2002
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Women Self-Help Groups As Vehicles To Women Empowerment In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)The purpose of the study was to examine women self-help groups as vehicles to women empowerment. The main objective of the study was to examine the contributions of self-help women groups. Three theoretical frameworks ... -
Women Self-help Projects and Their Contribution to the Family Welfare: a Case Study of Gichugu Division, Kirinyaga District
(University of Nairobi,Institute Of Anthropology, Gender And African Studies, 1993)Self-help is an important aspect of development in Kenya. This is because the success of any ~community depends largely on the community members willingness to co-operate. This study attempted to establish the~-contr ... -
Women workers' rights in employment: the quest for equal opportunities
(University of NairobiDepartment of Sociology, 2008-11)This study set out to assess the women workers' rights in employment as a quest for equal opportunity. Specifically, the study looks at the ways Kenyan women in Nairobi are being discriminated in the labour market ... -
Women Working in the Media Industry in Kenya:how Are They Faring
(University of Nairobi, 2013-10)The media are at the forefront of admonishing societal ills, including discrimination against women. However, turning the spotlight on their operations and environment, do the media live up to the ideals they preach on the ... -
Women's autonomy and utilization of maternal health services in resource poor settings: a study of Gatwekera village, Kibera slums, Nairobi-Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)Utilization of maternal health care services could save unnecessary severe complications and death among women during pregnancy, delivery and after delivery. Numerous factors such as characteristics of the women and their ... -
Women's Awareness of Their Land Rights as Enshrined in the New Constitution: a Study of Kibera Slums, Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)Land in Kenya is an emotive issue since agriculture and farming is the main economic activity in the country. Most women in Kenya depend on farming as a source of lively hood and yet women have not enjoyed security of ... -
Women's empowerment and participation in development process. A case of Karagwe District-Tanzania
(Institute of Anthropology, Gender & African Studies, University of Nairobi, 2008)The research study aims at finding out the challenges facing women's participation in development processes. The study population were women and men working with NGOs that initiates development activities, churches, schools, ... -
Women's indigenous knowledge in household food security in Mulilii sub-location, Makindu district of eastern Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies, 2010)While applying their unique and distinct traditional knowledge, farmers, for centuries have managed to feed their families, while evading situations of food insecurity. However, this knowledge is rarely taken into ... -
Women's Invisible Roles as Natural Resource Managers in Uganda a Case of Buganga Sub-location, Masaska District,uganda
(University of Nairobi,Institute Of Anthropology, Gender And African Studies, 2006)In rural Uganda women (and not men) are indeed the (invisible) managers of natural resources. These resources include land, water, forests and wildlife. Rural women are comparatively poor and uneducated and do not hold ... -
Women's Involvement in Micro and Small-scale Enterprises (Mses): the Case of Garissa Town
(University of Nairobi,Institute for development studies, 2003)Ever since the 1972 ILO report on 'Employment, Incomes and Equality in Kenya', MSEs' importance was highlighted and has remained popular among majority of Kenyans who cannot engage in formal employment. MSEs are important ... -
Women's land tenure and property rights: A case study of settlement schemes in trans-nzoia district, Kenya
(2008)The objective of this study was to assess women's land tenure and property rights in settlement schemes, in Trans-Nzoia district. The research specifically reviewed provisions for women's land tenure and property rights ... -
Women's Participation in Devolved Funds: a Case Study of Kanduyi Constituency Development Fund, Bungoma County in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Leadership has for long been characterized by male-dominance, gender biasness in distribution and control of resources as women in the modern economic conditions have had to assume more responsibility in agriculture and ... -
Women's Participation in Leadership: a Case Study of the Young Leadership Development Programme
(University of NairobiInstitute Of African Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Nairobi, 2001)The study is aims at having a gender analysis of the people trained and the participation of young women in the leadership-training course, which is a programme of the Youth Agenda. The course is targeted to the youth ... -
Women's Participation in Management and Economic Success of a Co-operative Society as a Business Venture: an Analysis of Shirika Sacco Society Between 1994-2004
(University of NairobiInstitute Of African Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Nairobi, 2004)The first Co-operative was started in Kenya in 1908 at Lumbwa (now Kipkelion) in Kericho district of Rift Valley Province where dairy farmers came together to market their products collectively. Sessional Paper No. 10 ...
