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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 ... -
Assessing what works in Growing Women’s Businesses through Incubation
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2023)The UoN-WEE Hub Women's Business Incubation (WBI) project is a three-year evaluation of how women-focused incubation models contribute to the growth of businesses and enterprises in Kenya. The overall objective of 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 ... -
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 ... -
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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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. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Incubating Individual Women’s Businesses for Replication
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Incubating Women’s Collective/Group Businesses for Replication
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
