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A sex strike, a form of nonviolent protest, was held by Kenyan female activists in 2009 to end the deteriorating relationship between the country's President, Mwai Kibaki, and Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, who agreed to share leadership powers in Kenya. [1] There was a seven-day sex strike, which involved thousands of women and the wives of ...
Odipo Dev, a Kenyan research firm, says at least 500 women in Kenya were killed because of their gender from January 2016 to December 2023. Migwi, a survivor of domestic violence herself, says she ...
v. t. e. The history of the evolution of the traits of women in Kenya can be divided into Women within Swahili culture, Women in British Kenya, and Kenyan Women post-Independence. [3] The condition and status of the female population in Kenya has faced many changes over the past century. Kenya was a British colony from 1888 until 1963. [4]
Ingrid Munro. Munro interviewed by Consultative Group to Assist the Poor in 2011. Ingrid Munro, born Ingrid Mårtensson [1] 25 March 1941 in Norrköping, Sweden, [2] is a Swedish architect who founded and manages Jamii Bora, a microfinance organization based in Nairobi, Kenya. [3]
The 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis was a violent political, economic, and humanitarian crisis that erupted in Kenya after former President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of the presidential election held on December 27, 2007. Supporters of Kibaki's main opponent in that election, Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement, alleged electoral ...
The Homeless World Cup is an annual association football tournament organized by the Homeless World Cup Foundation, a social organization which advocates the end of homelessness through the sport. The organization puts together an annual football tournament where teams of homeless people from various countries compete.
Phoebe Asiyo (born September 12, 1932) is a former parliamentarian of Kenya, ambassador to the United Nations Development Fund for Women ( UNIFEM ), mother, and grandmother. She was UNIFEM's ambassador from 1988 to 1992. [1] She was the first woman elevated to the position of Luo elder for her efforts to promote education for girls, women's ...
Homelessness or houselessness – also known as a state of being unhoused or unsheltered – is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and functional housing.The general category includes disparate situations, such as living on the streets, moving between temporary accommodation such as family or friends, living in boarding houses with no security of tenure, and people who leave their ...