African Women Studies Centre (AWSC): Recent submissions
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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 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 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.2, Part 5)
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2021)To realize their gains in the constitution, Kanyi notes that the individual woman’s role was interlinked with that of others. They worked collectively and capitalized on each other’s strengths to achieve their goal in the ... -
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.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 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 1)
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2021)The video was recorded in 2021 and it focuses on women’s engagement in the different stages of the constitution review process. In this video, the participants underscore the significance of consensus building among women ... -
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 ... -
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 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 ... -
Priority Agenda for Women’s Economic Empowerment
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The Priority Agenda is informed by the research carried out by the University of Nairobi (UON) WEE Hub researchers under different thematic areas, including affirmative action funds; women in informal and formal employment; ... -
Policy Brief on Kazi Mtaani
(University of Nairobi, 2022-02)This Policy Brief is the result of research conducted by the Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, African Women Studies Center, and the University of Nairobi. The research involved desk research, a review of best practices ... -
Strategies that Work - Women in Politics & Constitution Making in Kenya
(African Women Studies Research Centre & Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, University of Nairobi with the support of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2022) -
Policy Brief on Inua Jamii
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This policy brief is the outcome of research conducted by the Women Economic Empowerment (WEE) HUB, African Women Studies Center, the University of Nairobi in four Counties namely: Nairobi, Nakuru, Kiambu, and Kitui. The ... -
Policy Brief Submitted to the National Treasury
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This policy brief is based on research work: ‘Assessing what works for Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) in the implementation of Kenya’s Credit Guarantee Scheme’, which evaluated the implementation of the Credit Guarantee ... -
Policy Brief For MSME Participants
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This brief is based on research work: ‘Assessing what works for Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) in the implementation of Kenya’s Credit Guarantee Scheme’, which evaluated the implementation of the Credit Guarantee Scheme ... -
Policy Brief Submitted to the Ministry of Industrialization, Trade, & Enterprise Development, State Department for Industrialization, Directorate of SMEs
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This policy brief is based on research work: ‘Assessing what works for Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) in the implementation of Kenya’s Credit Guarantee Scheme’, which evaluated the implementation of the Credit Guarantee ... -
Policy Brief Submitted to the Ministry of Public Service, Gender, Senior Citizens Affairs, & Special Programmes, State Department for Gender
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This policy brief is based on research work: ‘Assessing what works for Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) in the implementation of Kenya’s Credit Guarantee Scheme’, which evaluated the implementation of the Credit Guarantee ... -
Policy Brief Submitted to Implementing Banks of the Credit Guarantee Scheme
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This policy brief is based on research work: ‘Assessing what works for Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) in the implementation of Kenya’s Credit Guarantee Scheme’, which evaluated the implementation of the Credit Guarantee ...
