Kenya and Gender
- Capital:
Nairobi - Population:
40046566 - Size:
582650.0 Km2
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- BRIDGE
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Search BRIDGE's database of gender-focused material
- The BLDS gender collection
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Search for the latest gender-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- The impact of emergencies on women and children
- United Nations Children's Fund, 2007
- This Humanitarian Action Report 2007 outlines UNICEF’s appeal for children and women in 33 emergencies around the world. In each country it looks at critical issues for children, key actions and achievements in 2006 and planned h...
- Challenging the notion young single motherhood in policy
- E. M. N. Mulongo / Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands, 2006
- Policy and interventions for young single motherhood (YSM) are based on its construction as a pathology, or a social problem. The author argues that this view of YSM tends to ignore structural inequalities that affect young women and ...
- How can teachers help to empower girls against sexual violence?: experiences from eastern and southern Africa
- F. Chege / United Nations [UN] Division for the Advancement of Women, 2006
- To understand how teachers can contribute to empowering students – especially girls – to build positive gender identities and violence-free relationships, it is important to understand the way that teachers’ own gender ...
- Building gender equality into the aid effectiveness agenda
- United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2006
- In line with the increasing emphasis on aid effectiveness, including promoting new partnerships for channeling aid, this paper reports on the extent to which gender equality is and should be part of this agenda. The report reflects co...
- Survey findings on experiences of physical, sexual and psychological abuse
- J. Stavropoulos / African Child Policy Forum, 2006
- This report presents the results of retrospective surveys in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda on young women's experiences of violence before they were 18 years old. Surveys were taken of a group of 500 young women in each of the capital ci...
- Delivery of primary education for girls should be more responsive to the nomadic way of life
- I. Leggett / Oxfam, 2005
- Expansion of primary education provision in Kenya from the 1960s dramatically increased participation overall. However, the policies that underpinned this expansion proved to be inappropriate to the circumstances in Kenya’s pasto...
- Assessing the outcome of cash for work in five countries
- Oxfam, 2005
- This paper gives an overview of Oxfam’s experience with cash for work programmes in five countries as part of their recovery programmes following natural disasters or conflicts. The countries are Bangladesh, Kenya, Uganda, Haiti,...
- Addressing women’s rights in the Kenya cut flower industry
- C. Dolan; M. Opondo; S. Smith / Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2002
- This paper considers the impact of codes of conduct on women’s employment conditions in the cut flower industry in Kenya. Cut flower production is now a major part of the Kenyan economy, but the country’s success in supplyin...
- Successes of a gender-based microcredit programme in urban Kenya
- A. Erulkar; J. Bruce; A. Dondo; J. Sebstad; J. Matheka; A. Banu Khan; A. Gathuku / Population Council, USA, 2006
- Tap and Reposition Youth (TRY) is a multiphase initiative whose overall aim is to reduce adolescents' vulnerabilities to adverse social and reproductive health outcomes, including HIV infection, by improving their livelihoods options....
- Mainstreaming gender equality in sports and development projects
- C. Server / Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2005
- This paper provides insight into how to mainstream gender equality in sport and development projects. It covers all stages of project cycle management: analysis, consultation, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. For e...
- Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW)
- Since Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV) is culturally accepted in Kenya, CREAW is committed to transforming society and achieving for women, a just and dignified environment, in which their relation with men is equal, and their rights and freedoms are respected and realized.
- Gender Governance Programme, Kenya
- The overall goal of the GGP is to transform leadership and governance at all levels in Kenya in order to deliver on poverty reduction, access to basic needs and equality between and among persons. The Gender and Governance Programme is in its third phase, and it is a multi-stakeholder programme formulated to deepen the gains of the Engendering Political Process Programme (EPPP) in ensur...
- African Centre for Women, Information and Communications Technology (ACWICT)
- East African regional women's ICT organisation
- Agency for Co-operation and Research in Development (Acord)
- Alliance addressing rights and social justice in Africa
- African Women's Development & Communication Network (FEMNET)
- Enhancing NGOs contribution to gender mainstreaming, human rights and equality
- FAWE Newsletter (FAWE)
- Updates on the education of women and girls in Africa
- Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)
- African NGO aiming to improve education for girls and women
