On 28 May 2022, a three-year-old refugee girl from South Sudan received her long-awaited justice. Her uncle received life imprisonment for sexually abusing her while under his care. “It was a very difficult case, since the child was very young.…
Busia, western Kenya, is one of the target counties for the UN Joint Devolution Programme, implemented by UN Women in partnership with UNICEF and UNDP. The aim is to strengthen public finance institutions, policies and participation in local politics. The…
Originally published on UN Women Africa Kenya’s party primaries recently closed - a process for political parties to select candidates for the various elective seats in August’s General Election. Ann Nderitu, 47, heads Kenya’s Office of the Registrar for Political…
Originally published on the UN Women website The climate in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) is changing, as prolonged droughts reduce the region’s agriculture and livestock production. Climate smart adaptations to farming are now building women’s resilience to climate…
UN Women Kenya and Echo Network Africa (ENA) signed a one-year partnership agreement that seeks to increase the number of women elected in the August 2022 general elections, and support women participation in sustaining peace and cohesion in the country.…
Originally published in The Star The United Nations Secretary-General appointed Victims’ Rights Advocate (VRA) Jane Connors in 2017 to lead the institution’s efforts to handle sexual exploitation and abuse committed by UN personnel. The VRA regularly visits countries with a…
Patrick Ekeai and Steven Ikerenge are gender champions who have received capacity building through UN Women programmes, supported by the Government of Finland as well as the Multi-Partner Trust Fund. The projects cut across core thematic areas of gender equality…
In response to rising GBV and defilement cases in Kenya, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has been increasing the visibility of teenage pregnancy through a coordinated, country-wide dialogue on the issue via Kenya’s community radio stations.…
Meymuna Ahmed, 34, works in her home county of Wajir, North East Kenya. Graduating in Nutrition and Public Health in 2009, she immediately applied her skills to assist her community, working on drought-related humanitarian programmes. For the past six years…
Index reveals that 40 percent of women living in Kenya’s urban areas are empowered, nearly double the rate for women in rural areas A recent study using a first-of-its-kind measure of women’s empowerment, the Kenya Women’s Empowerment Index (WEI), shows…