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
- How to measure, and identify key factors in, advancing gender equity in Africa, tested against case studies
- E. Unterhalter; E. Kioko-Echessa; R. Pattman; R. Rajagopalan; F. N’Jai / Institute of Education, University of London, 2004
- This paper presents a suggested methodology for developing a scorecard on girls' access to and retention in formal primary schooling in Commonwealth countries in Africa. While acknowledging the limitations of scorecards in capturing t...
- GCE models for a gendered in-depth analysis of Kenya's macroeconomic policy framework
- M. Were; J. Kiringai; A. Patel; L.M. Wanyeki / African Women's Development & Communication Network, 2004
- This paper addresses the gender element within Kenya's current PRSP document. The authors argue that there is no detailed cognisance of the gendered dimensions of the proposed policies, or anticipation of gender implications of the ou...
- How to secure land rights for women and enforce change
- Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003
- This document reports on a workshop held in South Africa in June 2003 to address continuing insecurity of women's land rights. It brought together a broad group of participants covering NGO, grassroots, government, UN agency staff, re...
- Making the case for linking women's empowerment and access to natural resources
- R. Pearl / Women's Environment and Development Organization, 2003
- This brief report links poverty eradication, gender equality and environmental sustainability. It argues that linking the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on these issues can expand women's access to natural resources. It illustrat...
- Good programs can change gender norms to reduce health risk
- Synergy Project, USAID, 2003
- This review outlines programs in Central America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia that are designed to change social norms related to entrenched gender roles. It explains the methodologies each program employed to achie...
- Lessons to counter gender-blind drylands management
- Gender and Development, FAO Sustainable Dimensions, 2003
- With an estimated 40 percent of people in Africa, South America and Asia living in drylands, land degradation poses a significant threat to food security and survival. This report looks at the relationship between gender and dryland m...
- Women's coping mechanisms in the informal fish industry, Kenya
- M. Markussen / Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2002
- This study looks at the role and coping mechanisms of women in the informal fishing industry (fish processing and marketing of fish) in the Kenyan part of Lake Victoria. The paper, through a rational choice and social capital a...
- Some ideas on successfully using research to improve health services
- Network, 2003
- This issue of Network (Family Health International's (FHI) quarterly scientific bulletin) discusses some of the key challenges of translating health research into positive practice. The complexities of both the research and policy-mak...
- How do agricultural technologies influence poverty?
- R. Meinzen-Dick; M. Adato; L. Haddad; P. Hazell / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003
- This paper examines how agricultural technologies influence and are influenced by the diverse livelihood strategies, vulnerability context, relations of gender and power, and other conditions of the poor. It reports findings o...
- The impact of the Global Gag on US sexual health aid: eroding long-established family planning services in Kenya
- Access denied: impacts of the global gag rule, 2003
- This paper assesses the impact of the Global Gag Rule on Ethiopia. The Global Gag Rule prohibits US assistance to foreign NGOs that use funding from any other source to fund abortions in cases other than exceptional. The paper ...
- 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
