Browsing African Women Studies Centre (AWSC) by Issue Date
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Brief description of the up-bringing of the youth among the Kuria community of Kenya and Tanzania
(University of Nairobi, 1979)The paper examines the stages of a person's life in Kuria society and the rituals associated with them, in an attempt to demonstrate the consistency and relevance of traditional education to Kuria society. Initiation rites ... -
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 ... -
Implementation of Article 43 of the Constitution of Kenya on Economic & Social Rights
(University of NairobiAfrican Women's Studies Centre, 2013)African Women Studies Centre is a policy, training, research and advocacy institute whose mission is to ensure that African women’s views and perspectives influence policies and programmes in order to promote the wellbeing ... -
Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.3, Part 3)
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)This 1hour 21minutes 15seconds-long video was recorded in 2018. Ms Mbogo was born in Eldama Ravine where her father worked at a farm. She started schooling in Nyanza after her family moved there. In primary school, she was ... -
Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.3, Part 4)
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)This 34minutes 27seconds-long video was recorded in 2018 and features Hon. Martha Karua. Hon. Karua was born and raised in Kirinyaga. Upon completing primary school, she joined Nairobi Girls Secondary and later the University ... -
Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.3, Part 9)
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)This 1hour 42minutes 29seconds – long video, was recorded in June 2017. Prof. Kabira’s interest in women’s struggles was aroused by research she conducted on women’s economic empowerment in Kiambu in 1983 in preparation ... -
Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.3, Part 13)
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)This 1hour 23minutes 44seconds–long video was recorded in June 2017. Mwamburi was born in Voi, Taita Taveta Division and married in Busia and settled in Nakuru. After completing her secondary and A-levels she joined Kenya ... -
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 ... -
Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.3, Part 14)
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)This 47minutes 56seconds – long video was recorded in June 2017. Salome started observing discrimination against girls and women from an early age. As a girl with a disability, she was never conscious of social gender ... -
Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.3, Part 12)
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)This 1hour 52minutes 57seconds–long video was recorded in June 2017. Ochola was the ninth child in her family. Her father was a teacher and the mother used to teach women about agriculture, food security and making money ... -
Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.3, Part 11)
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)This 29minutes 57seconds–long video was recorded in June 2017. Kanyi notes that her growing up in the Catholic Church and studying at Ngandu Girls High School where she was involved in the care and support of the vulnerable ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.3, Part 8)
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)This 40minutes 57seconds-long video was recorded in June 2017. Kamla Sikand is a descendant of a doctor who was brought to Kenya during the construction of the Kenya – Uganda railway by the British colonialist. She studied ... -
Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.3, Part 7)
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)This 2hours-long video was recorded in June 2017. Mrs. Odinga is the wife of Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga, Kenya’s former Prime Minister. She was the sole provider of her family when her husband was in detention for more than ten ... -
Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.3, Part 6)
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)This 1hour 17minutes 27seconds-long video was recorded in 2018. Prof. Eddah Gachukia is a senior citizen who was born in 1936. She underscores the significance of a head start in education for children to succeed in ... -
Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.3, Part 2)
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)This 2hours 17minutes 48seconds-long video was recorded in 2018. Hon. Julia Ojiambo was born in Samia to an Anglican Missionary father. Her mother was a social worker. Both parents were educationists. Upon completing primary ... -
Women’s Participation in Constitution-Making Process in Kenya (S.3, Part 5)
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2017)This 44minutes 25seconds-long video was recorded in 2018. Justice Dr. Nancy Baraza was influential in addressing women’s concerns in the legal and constitutional reforms. In 1990, she was involved in the democratization ...
