African Women Studies Centre (AWSC)
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The African Women Studies Centre recognizes that the experiences of African women have not been part of mainstream knowledge development and have often not been a source of public and “legitimate knowledge” that guides development on our continent. These experiences and knowledge have not been utilized to shape, order, and name our world. Our focus is, therefore, to bring African women’s knowledge to visibility, through academic and policy debates in our academic institutions and other fora at the national and regional levels. In addition, we take cognizance of the critical linkage between women of Africa and those of African descent but living in other parts of the world. The Centre also recognizes that, in our region, we continue to refer to and use theories and frameworks whose basic assumptions do not include African women’s worldview. Theories of power, political and other, need to be interrogated from the African women’s experiences point-of-view.
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Pathways to African Feminism & Development [3]
An international Journal published twice a year by the African Women Studies Centre (AWSC). It is an open access journal with a focus on all aspects of theories and practice in African women studies, both on the continent ...
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Women's Economic Forum - Kenya 2025
(African Women Studies Research Centre & Women's Economic Empowerment Hub, University of Nairobi, 2025-02)The theme for this year’s forum is “What Works for Women’s Economic Empowerment” The Women’s Economic Forum 2025 is organized in partnership with the African Women Studies Center-Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub (WEE Hub) ... -
Gender Analysis Tools for Budget Preparation, Monitoring & Evaluation
(African Women Studies Research Centre & Women's Economic Empowerment Hub, University of Nairobi, 2025-01)Since its establishment in 2011, AWSC has been a vibrant program, focused on academic programs, innovative research, and evidence-based policy advocacy to create African women's knowledge and change the mainstream, influencing ... -
Effects of Accessing Childcare Services on Women’s Economic Empowerment
(African Women Studies Research Centre & Women's Economic Empowerment Hub, University of Nairobi, 2024-09)Childcare has gained traction in recent times as the need for childcare services has increased. Globally, over 40% of all children under primary school require structured childcare but lack access to it. While taking care ... -
Contribution of Childcare Centre to the Nutritional Status and Dietary Practices of Children Aged Two to Four Years and Wellbeing of Caregivers
(African Women Studies Research Centre & Women's Economic Empowerment Hub, University of Nairobi, 2024-09)In the last twenty years, the number of women in the labour force has increased leading to heightened challenges for women engaged in formal and informal employment as they navigate the paired roles as employees and childcare ... -
An Overview of Labour Laws in Kenya: Seeking Pathways to Empowering Women in the Labour Sector in Kenya
(AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, University of Nairobi, 2022-09)The discussion paper showcases research findings conducted by the Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub at the African Women Studies Centre the University of Nairobi. The aim of the study was to analyze employment laws and ... -
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 ... -
Legal Digest on Women in the Formal and Informal Labour Sectors
(Women's Economic Empowerment Hub (WEE-Hub), University of Nairobi, 2022-05)This legal digest is the product of research conducted on employment laws and policies in Kenya. The research sought to analyze employment laws and policies from a legal perspective, and ultimately identify gaps, and provide ... -
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 ... -
A Conversation with Prof. Eddah Gachukia
(African Women Studies Research Centre & Women's Economic Empowerment Hub, University of Nairobi, 2022)I join women, nationally and internationally, in recognizing and indeed celebrating the role played by Professor Eddah Gachukia in putting the women's agenda on the road to development, nationally, regionally, and globally. ... -
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Incubating Women’s Collectives / Group Businesses for Replication
(Women's Economic Empowerment Hub (WEE-Hub), University of Nairobi, 2024-02)Women’s entrepreneurship and economic empowerment are crucial indicators of global economic development as they contribute to employment creation and economic growth. In Kenya, about 36% of Small and Medium Enterprises are ... -
WEE Hub Newsletter (Vol.1, Issue 04, Jan 2024)
(Women's Economic Empowerment Hub (WEE-Hub), University of Nairobi, 2024-01)At the Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Hub of the African Women Studies Centre (AWSC), now in its fourth year of implementation, we have made substantive progress in the implementation of the program working towards the ... -
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Business Incubation on Women’s Enterprises for Upscaling
(UoN, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2023-09)The University of Nairobi, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub (UoN-WEE Hub)’s Women’s Business Incubation (WBI) project is a three-year evaluation program on how women-focused incubation models contribute to the growth of ... -
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 ... -
WEE Hub Newsletter (Vol.1, Issue 03, Aug 2023)
(Women's Economic Empowerment Hub (WEE-Hub), University of Nairobi, 2023-08)Welcome to Volume 1, Issue 3 of the UoN WEE Hub Newsletter. The WEE Hub is committed, through research on entrepreneurship and employment to generate data that supports continuous evidence-based development of knowledge ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Examining Strategies that Women’s Movement Used to Realize Gains in the Kenya Constitution 2010
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2023)Women have been excluded from decision-making institutions and processes. To eliminate gender discrimination in laws, secure equal rights for women and enact legislations that promote gender equality, women have since the ... -
WEE Hub Newsletter (Vol.1, Issue 02, Jun 2023)
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2023-06)Welcome to our second issue of the University of Nairobi Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Hub newsletter. The Hub is happy to continue interacting with you through this quarterly publication. The Year 2023 began in ... -
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Incubating Women’s Collective/Group Businesses for Replication
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2023-04-05)
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