Browsing African Women Studies Centre (AWSC) by Subject "Kenya"
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Assessing the Contributions of the Women’s Movements & Women’s Self-Mobilization, to Women’s Economic Empowerment in Kenya Between 1963 and 2010
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2023)This study focused on Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) in select counties in Kenya. These were Busia, Kakamega, and Kisumu in the Western region; Kajiado, Nakuru and Baringo in the Rift Valley region; Nyeri, Muranga, and ... -
Assessing What Works for Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) in the Implementation of Kenya’s Credit Guarantee Scheme
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2022-01)Kenya’s Credit Guarantee Scheme (CGS) was established as part of the presidential economic stimulus package in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medium, small and micro enterprises. In order to contain the ... -
Biomass production and nutrient accumulation by Tephrosia vogelii (Hemsley) A. Gray and Tithonia diversifolia Hook F. fallows during the six-month growth period at Maseno, Western Kenya
(Department of soil science, University of Nairobi, 1999)Two planted fallows namely, Tephrosia vogelii Hook F. and Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsley) A. Gray, a natural fallow and a Zea mays L. crop were grown on N and P depleted soils at Maseno in Kenya during a period of six ... -
Building Individual Women’s Capacity to Carry Out and Negotiate Women’s Agenda in the Constitution Making Process in Kenya (S.1, Part 2)
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)The video was recorded in 2017 and it focuses on the challenges women experience in the political arena. Women are marginalized in parliament and the few who manage to get into this space are discriminated against and ... -
Communication Strategy - Women's Economic Empowerment Hub
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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 ... -
Field Marshal Muthoni Kirima's tribute to the late Prof. Micere Mugo
(Women's Economic Empowerment Hub (WEE-Hub), University of Nairobi, 2023)A heartfelt tribute by Field Marshal Muthoni wa Kirima to Prof. Micere Githae Mugo. Prof. Mugo, a Kenyan luminary, was a professor, playwright, author, activist, and poet. She was renowned for her scholarship, serving as ... -
Gender Aware Policy Analysis Guideline
(Women's Economic Empowerment Hub (WEE-Hub), University of Nairobi, 2023)Mainstreaming women in policies and programmes have been guided by different frameworks that have been developed over time. Such include: Gender Planning in the third world: Meeting Practical and Strategic Gender Needs ... -
Pathways to African Feminism and Development (Vol.8, Issue 1 - Dec, 2023)
(African Women Studies Research Centre, University of Nairobi, 2023-12)On behalf of the Editorial Board members, authors, reviewers, and those who have contributed in one way or the other in making this issue come to be, within and outside of the University of Nairobi I extend a very warm ... -
Role of Women’s Organizations and Individual’s Commitment Towards the Constitution Making Process in Kenya (S.1, Part 3)
(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
(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
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A Study on Women in the Labour Force in Kenya
(Women's Economic Empowerment Hub (WEE-Hub), University of Nairobi, 2024-03)The global labor force participation rate for women remains significantly lower than that of men, with only 53 percent of women participating in the labor force in 2022, compared to 80 percent of men. This is despite the ... -
WEE Hub Newsletter (Vol.1, Issue 01, Jan 2023)
(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, ... -
Women’s Experiences in Politics and Constitution-Making in Kenya (S.1, Part 1)
(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 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.2, Part 3)
(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)
(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.3, Part 1)
(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)
(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 ...