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With less than a month to the close of the ongoing voter registration drive, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have teamed up to mobilize all the eligible Kenyan citizens to register as voters. The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) who a...
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Community Research in Environment and Development Initiatives (CREADIS)’s newly launched UNIFEM Gender and Governance Project has received a warm welcome from various communities in Western Kenya.
The project entitled “Enhancing ...
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The GGPIII Online Partner Monitoring Tool has been designed and developed by theAfrican Centre for Women, Information and Communications Technology (ACWICT), for the Gender and Governance Program to:
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The Gender Governance Programme (GGP) partners were part of the organizations tasked with the responsibility of ensuring the success of the National Women’s Conference on the Harmonized Draft Constitution that was held on 14th December 2009 at KCCT ...
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The GGPIII Online Partner Monitoring Tool has been designed and developed by the African Centre for Women, Information and Communications Technology (ACWICT), for the Gender and Governance Program to: o Facilitate timely access to info...
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A breakfast meeting organized by the Coalition of Women Against Violence Center for Rights Aducation and Awareness (CREAW) and Kenya Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA) in conjunction with other women organizations was held on 23rd February...
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The various women organizations involved in the preparation of the memorandum on the minimum that the women of Kenya will accept in the draft constitution met with the Gender and Children’s affairs Minister, Hon Esther Murugi Mathenge on Monda...
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The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) held a four day Result Based Management (RBM) skills training workshop for its GGP III program partners at Naivasha’s Sopa Lodge last December. The workshop targeted Programme officers, Monitoring ...
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As part of enhancing communication within GGP III (between the donors, partners, and UNIFEM), a PRG was established at the Inception meeting held at the Jumuiya Conference in September 2009. The PRG consists of the selected GGP III CSOs, donor repres...
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United Nations Development Fund for Women will be conducting partner visits to the various organizations working under GGPIII. The visits will run from 25th January to 19th February 2010. The team will be providing technical advice to the named organi...
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The national voter registration is set to begin in February. Preparations for fresh voter registration are in top gear as the Interim electoral commission moves ahead of a national referendum on a new constitution. The commission’s chairman Issack Hassa...
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The Committee of Experts (CoE) presented its final outline of the Harmonized Draft Constitution — enriched by the views Kenyans gave in the 30-day period their opinions were being sought — to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitution Review.
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Throughout her life, Veronica Mumbi Muhuri has had a soft spot for the suffering, especially children. Since her childhood, Veronica has been touched by rising number of orphans in Kenya, due to violence, neglect and even abandonment on the streets. The...
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Jiggers have continued to create havoc in many lives in the rural areas. A number of school going children have had to drop out of school because they are unable to walk. Several organizations among them Ahadi Trust and Maendeleo ya wanawake decided to ...
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The prevailing shortage of food crisis experienced in the country within the lower parts of Murang’a district has highly affected thousands of women.
They bear the problem as their husbands have relocated to the urban areas and quarries in search of jo...
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A report released by Nairobi Women’s Hospital on March 12 details over 400 cases of sexual abuses during post-election violence.
The report said between December and last month, there were up to 443 victims of sexual assault. The report says 149 of ...
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The sprawling populous Rift Valley Province may be setting a Gender Revolution in elective parliamentary leadership in Kenya with an ever increasing election of women members of parliament. With the recent election to parliament of Ms. Beatrice Pauline K...
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The participation of women in legislative processes dates back to 1962 when the first woman representative, Pricilla Abwao, was nominated to the Legislative Council (LEGCO).
The late Abwao was also a member at the 1963 Lancaster house conference whi...
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The committee of experts on constitution unveiled the harmonized draft constitution on Tuesday 17th November 2009 paving way for a 30 day debate period by the public.
The draft proposes the creation of a presidency with fewer powers and a powerful prime ...
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The Committee of Experts on Constitutional Review launches the harmonized draft constitution today, 17th November 2009, at KICC at 10am....
