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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] Before colonial rule, women had played important roles in the community, from raising and bringing up children to working on farms and in marketplaces.
The Green Belt Movement ( GBM) is an indigenous grassroots organization in Kenya that empowers women through the planting of trees. It is one of the most effective and well-known grassroots organisations addressing the problem of global deforestation. [1] Professor Wangari Maathai established the organization in 1977 under the auspices of the ...
Wangarĩ Muta Maathai ( / wænˈɡɑːri mɑːˈðaɪ /; 1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, [2] [3] an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights.
Kenya's Demographic and Health Survey of 2023 found that more than 11 million women — or 20% of the population — have experienced physical or sexual violence from an intimate partner during ...
The role of Woman's Representative was created by the current Constitution of Kenya, which was adopted in a referendum in 2010, in order to increase the representation of women in parliament. Prior to the 2010 constitution there were fewer than 20 female members of the Kenyan parliament. [2]
The colonial roots of gender inequality refers to the political, educational, and economic inequalities between men and women in Africa. According to a Global Gender Gap Index [1] report published in 2018, it would take 135 years to close the gender gap in Sub-Saharan Africa and nearly 153 years in North Africa.
The National Council of Women of Kenya ( NCWK) was founded in 1964 to provide coordination among the various women's groups in Kenya. These included groups as varied as the National Nurses Union, Nairobi Business Women, East African Women's League, the Home Economics Association of East Africa, the Mother's Union, the Young Women's Christian ...
Women in the decolonisation of Africa. Nationalist and independence movements throughout Africa have been predominantly led by men; however, women also held important roles. Women's roles in African independence movements were diverse and varied by each country. Many women believed that their liberation was directly linked to the liberation of ...