| dc.description.abstract | This research study aimed at examining social factors influencing women participation in
community peace building, Suna East Sub County. The experiences of women have shown
that women are active agents of peace building at the community level. For sustainable peace
to be realised it is necessary that women be fully engage in peace building process especially
at the community level where they have vast experience with the day to day affairs. This
study had the following research objectives:- To assess the influence of gender roles in
women participation in community peace building in Suna East sub County. To determine the
role of education in influencing women’s participation in community peace building in Suna
East sub County. To establish how family support influences women participation in
community peace building in Suna East sub County.This study used descriptive survey to
collect data from the respondents who were women in Suna-East sub-County in Migori
County. Within the Sub-County, the study focused on the twenty-five (25) leaders of the five
(5) women groups involved in peace education in the Sub-County. The study also engaged
five (5) key community leaders, particularly the chiefs and key church leaders; thus having a
total population of thirty (30). This study establishes that gender roles influence women
participation in community peace building in Suna East Sub County. This is made possible
by uniting different families and mobilising people towards peace building efforts in their
community. Furthermore, women peace initiatives have helped create lasting peace within
the community. Through peace building seminars, education brings about social
transformation of women by changing their views on the society and peace hence they
become more engaged in civic matters. The family support influence women participation in
community peace building. This is so because families accept women proposals on peace,
they involve women in peace building activities and also sponsor women activities. This
study recommends that the Government of Kenya promotes women participation in
community peace building through empowering women in education, peace building training
and enacting laws that are likely to promote women participation in community peace
building.
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