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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.
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 ...
Gloria Orwoba. Gloria Orwoba (born 25 May 1986) is a Kenyan politician who has served as a nominated Senator representing women in the Senate of Kenya since 2022. In 2023, she received international press attention when an apparent blood stain on her trousers caused by menstruation prompted the Senate President to ask her to leave the chamber.
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 ...
Green Belt Movement. 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 ...
Jomo Kenyatta (father) Grace Wahu (mother) Margaret Wambui Kenyatta (16 February 1928 – 5 April 2017) was a Kenyan politician. She was the daughter of the first President of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta, and his wife Grace Wahu. She served as the mayor of Nairobi from 1970 to 1976 and as Kenya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from ...
Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg is an Executive in Residence at Schmidt Futures. Before that she was Director of African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD). [1] Wanjiru is also the Founder and past Executive Director of Akili Dada, [2] a leadership incubator for African girls and young women and a former Assistant Professor of ...
She is a member of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians and Chair of the Collaborative Centre for gender and Development in Kenya. [5] Mwaura teaches in the Center for Gender Equity and Empowerment at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, [3] and was previously its director. [5] She is on the advisory council of the Dictionary of African ...