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The National Accord and Reconciliation Act could face challenges

The National Accord and Reconciliation Act which saw the formation of the post of the Prime Minister and two deputies, pose some significant challenges, a peace forum report states.[...]

	Tread Cautiously on IDPs resettlement; Government told
	Men for Gender Equality Now (MEGEN) Coordinator Mr. Kennedy Odhiambo Otina said the IDPs were not involved in the decisi...

	Push for Gender Bills, women MPs told.
	Speaking during a breakfast meeting for women MPs hosted by The Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya (FIDA), on April 29...

	Resettlement of IDPs Critical in the National Accord and Reconciliation Act
	In a discussion forum dubbed, �The National Accord and Reconciliation Act: Can the Accord Promote Nation Building and Su...

	Resettling IDPs: Give Women and Children priority
	But even as the President and the Prime Minister hit the road, Kenyans will be hoping that indeed the exercise of resett...

	Five women take oath to become Ministers
	Five women MPs were on April 17 sworn in as Cabinet Ministers in the grand coalition cabinet. The others, Justice and Co...

	President names Seven women Cabinet Ministers and Six Assistant Ministers
	President Mwai Kibaki on Sunday, April 13, 2008 appointed seven women members of Parliament to the grand coalition cabin...

	OPINION Kenya emerges from a shadow of the precipice
	A state of uncertainty had continued to grip Kenya for weeks as violence reigned in following disputed presidential ele...

	FIDA outlines its role in improving the status of women
	The Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Kenya on Tuesday 9th April 2008 released its 10th Annual Report, covering the per...

	Fida: Train women on the court procedure
	Fida says the shortage has led to a backlog of gender cases in court. However, it is confident that if women were educat...

	IN�S ALBERDI Appointed as UNIFEM Executive Director
	United Nations, New York � The appointment of In�s Alberdi of Spain as the new Executive Director of the United Nations ...

	Reconciliation Debate:The Role of Women in Creating a Just Society
	On April 3, these issues were raised in a television debate organised as a collaborative effort of Kenya Television Netw...

	Bringing in the peace Makers:The role of women in brokering peace
	The oldest question about global conflict is why can�t we all just get along? But the second-oldest has to be what if wo...

	Coalition of Women for Peace and Justice: Looking into the future to save Kenya
	On Thursday February 21, over 150 women gathered in a City hotel to deliberate on Kenya�s post election situation and to...

	Karua electrifies House with her Knowledge and surefootedness of legal matters.
	MPs on Tuesday amended the Constitution to create the posts of Prime Minister and two deputies. The MPs voted to pass th...

	The League of Kenya Women Voters: A call to reform the legal framework on political parties Act
	The Political Parties Act came to question in a civil society meeting held in a city hotel this week organised by The Le...

	Smaller Political Parties Endorsed Woman for Speaker.
	If the proposal to get Hon. Njoki Ndung�u elected Speaker had succeeded, she would have become the first woman in Kenya ...

	The Role of Women in Kenya�s Mediation talks: Condoleezza Rice delivers US standpoint.
	The United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has asked President Kibaki and ODM leader Raila Odinga to work tow...

	Nominated Women Councillors:The Local Governmen(Cap 265)
	IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 26(b) and 39(c) of the Local Government Act, the Minister for Local Gover...

	Profile: Graca Machel
	Graca Machel was born in 1946 in rural Mozambique. She was sent to a Methodist mission school at age 6 and later went to...

	Post Elections Violence report: More than 400 sexually abused.
	A report released by Nairobi Women�s Hospital on March 12 details over 400 cases of sexual abuses during post-election v...

	Re-Uniting Families
	The independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU) in collaboration with Kenyans for Peace, Truth and Justice has set up a toll fr...

	Post elections violence: Puncture on Kenya�s wheels of economy deflates women�s labour force
	The Kenyan wage employment is disproportionately concentrated in the services sector: Services absorb 75 percent of tota...

	CSO�s Preliminary response to the Mediation Process in Kenya
	Civil society members, under the banner Kenyans for Peace With Truth and Justice and The National Civil Society Congress...

	Civil Society Is �Ready To Lead Kenya Out Of The Current Crisis.�
	They also want the imperial presidency dismantled, the public finance system reformed and devolution of resources and po...

	Kibaki and Raila Sign a power sharing deal.
	President Mwai Kibaki and ODM leader Raila Odinga finally on Thursday 28th signed a power sharing deal that had been shr...

	Ms. Naomi Cidi named new head of Adopt-A-light
	Former Deputy Managing Director of the Kenya Airports Authority, Ms. Naomi Cidi has been named the new Managing Director...

	Kibera: Community Based Health Centre receives donation
	There are three significant complicating factors within Kibera. The first is the rate of petty and serious crime. During...

	Human Rights Watch recommends prosecutions
	The new coalition government has been urged to bring to justice individuals responsible for the past episodes of the pol...

	Human Rights Lobby threatens to sue ECK
	Members of the civil society meeting under the auspices of Kenyans for Peace With Truth and Justice (KPTJ) have warned t...

	Senior Women Editors Campaign For Peace
	Reporters and editors are concentrating on covering politicians--giving them the tools to polarise the country even more...

	Kenya: Violence Threatens Education
	The post election chaos has not only put the lives and property of Kenyans at risk but also put on hold aspirations of p...

	UN calls for protection of women against rape
	UNDP has raised an alarm over the escalating cases of rape and related sexual abuses

Mediation talks: Women on the Teams

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Kenya women of faith Network

Women drawn from across the faith traditions gathered to plead for peace and love to prevail in Kenya.

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