Even as Kenya joins the global community in celebrating the country’s milestones as it strives to take action to achieve gender equality and equity, it is clear that on the political front, women have to fight it to find and create their own space in the bigoted male-dominated field. WON Executive Director Njeri Rugene writes
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On the first day of November last year, Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i unambiguously announced in a statement that the government would prioritise the security of women during this election season. The CS assured women aspirants of “special’’ attention, specifically protection against “any form of intimidation or violence”. He added that he had directed county
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March 8 will be the International Women’s Day. That is when the global community celebrates and recognises progress made in relation to gender equality and equity in all segments of development. The focus will be to recognise achievements in ensuring women—the gender historically disadvantaged through discrimination and bias in all aspects, including economically, socially and
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By AGGREY OMBOKI omboki2725@gmail.com An inviting expanse of green greets the eyes of visitors to the one acre plot that Ms Jane Benjamin is using as a garden. The mother of five is the proud vegetable farmer reaping big from her her farm. Her 1.5-acre plot is situated on one of the sloping hills of
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By AGGREY OMBOKI omboki2725@gmail.com When the melons began to flower, the women were told to stay away from Jane’s kitchen garden. “Our husbands had told us that the melons would go bad if we stepped on the patch,” says Jane Chepchumba. Ms Chepchumba had joined other women in the Chamakagh Mother to Mother Support Group
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