Skip to main content

Kenya

July 7, 2020
Has COVID-19 pushed women in politics off Kenya’s agenda?

In 2013, Alice Wahome ran in her third attempt to win the hotly-contested Kandara constituency parliamentary seat in Murang’a County, Central Kenya.

June 25, 2020
Culture a major setback to Maasai women in politics, says Lydia Ntimama

Maasai women have made great progress in fighting oppressive cultural practices, says Lydia Ntimama, a Chama Cha Mashinani (CCM) candidate for Narok County woman representative.

May 1, 2020
Taking stock of the representation of women in senior positions in Kenya

The percentage of women in senior leadership positions among the top Kenyan companies and in the government is still dramatically lower than that of men.

January 14, 2020
Kenya: new cabinet casts ray of hope in push for gender balance

The nomination of Betty Maina as Industrialisation CS has cast a ray of hope for a gender-balanced Cabinet.

January 9, 2020
How to put a stop to election-related sexual violence in Kenya

Institutional weaknesses undermine the prevention of and response to sexual violence during electoral periods in Kenya, according to a

Interviews

August 19, 2019
Kenyan politics is a boys’ game, but women are fighting hard for their rightful seat at the table

When footage circulated last week of a Kenyan lawmaker, Hon.

August 13, 2019
Zuleika Hassan: Kenyan MP with baby ordered to leave parliament

Female MPs have walked out of Kenya's parliament in solidarity with a colleague who was ordered to leave because she had taken her baby.