It is one of the conundrums of Kenyan society that although Women in Kenya are immensely strong in character (often referred to as “Kali mamas” or “fierce ladies”) and highly respected within the community, they still bow to the dictates of their menfolk.
Most Kenyan men revere their mothers, have a healthy respect for their wives, and are well aware of the risks involved in cheating on them; but many still do. The majority of women in Kenya adhere to the traditional view that their husbands are to be obeyed; that if they stray it is due to the lures of other women, and it is their duty is to entice them back into the marital fold with smiles, good food, and attention to their needs.
Most Kenyan employers are well aware of the efficiency, professionalism, and dedication that female workers bring to their posts, but sexual harassment remains a threat to those wishing to progress. And while most fashionable young Kenyan women think it’s fine to wear body-hugging jeans or short skirts, in rural areas it is still possible for a mini-skirted woman to be stoned or stripped and thrown in the gutter for such a display of wantonness.
But then, until very recently polygamy was normal (and is still not outlawed), selling your daughters to rich old men was one of the perks of fatherhood (and still is in the Maasai community), and disciplining” your wife was considered necessary (domestic violence and the abuse of girl children is still a major problem within Kenyan society).
Women: The situation and roles of women in Kenya
Traditionally, Kenyan women like women in other African countries performed the roles of wife, mother, child-bearer, caretaker, and food provider.
They were prepared for these roles through traditional education, which was largely a practical education through which one lived by doing and observing…
The girl was taught good manners and learned such tasks as cooking, tending children, fetching water, collecting firewood, doing garden work, cultivating, sowing, weeding and harvesting…
A few older women played some public roles as medicine women but the place of the woman was largely in the home.
The woman’s role was essential to the wellbeing of the family…
They were respected and protected. The majority of women in Kenya today grew up in their ethnic villages where they were bred in the traditions.
This is an experience that gives the Kenyan woman her indigenous identity, of which many are proud. The introduction of school education during the colonial era (1885-1963) brought about change which was slow at first but assumed far-reaching effects over the years.
School education became recognized and accepted as the means of preparing the youth for both private and public roles in modern Kenya; hence, although the women continued to perform the traditional roles, traditional education alone was no longer adequate or relevant preparation for the professional roles in the modern society.
The crucial importance of school education to the woman in modern society in Kenya is summed up well in the following statement:
Education gives the woman the knowledge, skills and the confidence to take care of herself in a competitive world.
Moreover, her education contributes directly to the general improvement of health and living standards. With improved female education, the various aspects of home management are and led better, facilitating a rise in the general living standards of the family.
The required health methods of infant and Child-care are achieved faster with the education of the mother.
In looking at the present situation of women in Kenya, it is important to recognize that traditional roles and availability or lack of school education largely determine their current roles and situation.
Violence against women
Violence against women continues to be a major challenge in Kenya and Kenyans have been urged to join hands in an effort to end this menace.
According to data from the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) 2009, 39% of Kenyan women have experienced violence since they were aged 15. KDHS also puts the National Female Genital Mutilation prevalence at 27%, with the prevalence in North Eastern at 97%. The country will continue to lag behind its development goals unless it addresses issues of Violence against women. This was the message at the launch of the Africa UNiTE Campaign’s Kenya Chapter to end Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Nairobi on 14th and 15th November 2012.
Domestic Violence against women is a serious problem in Kenya. A demographic health survey revealed that at least half of all Kenyan women had experienced violence since the age of 15, with close family members among the most common perpetrators. Many of the Kenyan cultures do not view sexual violence as crime and wife-beating is commonplace and often condoned. In Kenya, violence against women goes beyond beatings. It includes forced marriage, dowry-related violence, marital rape, genital cutting, sexual harassment, intimidation, forced pregnancy, forced abortion, forced sterilization, trafficking, and forced prostitution.
Domestic Violence against women is threatening many Kenyan families and is, unfortunately, increasing in our society. Many people, the vast majority of them women, have been injured, disabled and killed as a result of domestic violence. This is unacceptable in today’s society.
We are all capable of making a difference in someone’s life. We are all capable of lending a hand to fellow human beings in distress. That is what Women against domestic violence are all about. We believe that anger makes you small – say NO to domestic violence!
Although the Kenyan Constitution was recently amended to guarantee equality between the sexes (1997), in reality, discrimination against women persists in both the private and public spheres. Attempts to draft legislation ensuring equality for women have been thwarted, leaving women in Kenya with few laws specifically protecting their rights. Furthermore, even where women do have de jure protection, customary practices often conflict with these laws, making it difficult for women to realize these protections.
COVAW is a non-profit making national women human rights organization registered in Kenya under the NGO Coordination Act. COVAW was established in 1995 as a result of a workshop organized by WILDAF (Women in Law and development in Africa) that sought to strengthen the networking capacities of women organizations in Kenya. At this workshop, violence against women was identified as a serious women rights violation that needed concerted efforts to address.
This saw the birth of COVAW. Since inception, COVAW has continued to be instrumental in placing violence against women as a crime and a human rights violation and has spearheaded the campaign towards women having the right to be free from violence, the right to self-defense and the right to state protection. COVAW believes that people have the capacity to learn and change their attitudes towards women. COVAW beneficiaries are therefore women and girls.
Women in Kenya – Support from the Government of Kenya
The Government of Kenya continues to support and encourage women group initiatives which have enabled women to have adequate space to form and join organizations. This effort has made it possible for women to address challenges like poverty which affects the majority of them.
Due to a conducive environment, the number of women groups has continued to increase. The number of registered women groups increased by 1,009 to 143,792 in 2011. Membership increased from 5,579,639 in 2010 to 5,618,064 in 2011.
Contributions increased from Kshs551.2 million in 2010 to Kshs553.8 million in 2011.
Women Entrepreneurs in Kenya
Women entrepreneurship in Kenya has been stepped up by the government by the introduction of Women Enterprise Fund which was to promote investment and development among Women Entrepreneurs in Kenya.
Women Entrepreneurs in Kenya | Women enterprise fund in Kenya | Women Empowerment
Women Empowerment in Kenya: Women in Kenya are vulnerable to male aggression and violence neither do they have land rights or rights of inheritance; they also don’t have their own financial independence and yet, it is women who bear the burden of caregiving, food production, and even the fetching of water.
Involvement in successful income-generating activities should translate into greater control and empowerment of women in Kenya. Women are the core of society and the economy. If we raise the status of women, we stand a very real chance of improving everything, her life improves as well as those around her.
Women Empowerment in Kenya can be achieved through:
- Access to microfinance: Increasing women’s access to microfinance has led to social and political empowerment.
- Self Help groups: Women in Kenya are finding that there’s strength in numbers: if they pool their resources together in self-help groups of their own creation, they can radically change their lives and the lives of their families and communities.
- Improving illiteracy levels among poor women in urban and rural areas.
- Securing women’s access to livestock assets
By empowering women financially, we strengthen women’s voices and bargaining power within the home, the wider community, and nation at large. if you empower a woman, you have empowered a family and a whole nation.
Women Empowerment in Kenya – Women’s Empowerment Link (WEL)
Women Empowerment in Kenya
Women Empowerment in Kenya Link is a non-profit, non-partisan non-governmental women rights organization committed to empowering women and girls to realize their potential, worth and strength politically, socially and economically through advocating for opportunities that explore their potential. WEL recognizes that the survival of women and girls is increasingly being challenged by economic dependency, illiteracy, Sexual & gender-based violence (SGBV), HIV/AIDS, gender inequalities & marginalization, conflict, insensitive laws & policies which underscore WEL’s purposeful programming on five key thematic areas:-
- Women Economic Empowerment
- Access to Girl Child Education
- Reproductive Health
- Sexual & Gender-Based Violence & HIV/AIDS
- Transformative Leadership & Governance
Women Empowerment in Kenya – Women Enterprise Fund
The government has also come with the women Enterprise Fund.
The Women Enterprise Fund (WEF) intends to train 8,000 women in entrepreneurship and lend money to 97,000 women countrywide.
The Fund works through two operational channels. A considerable part of its capital resources has been made available to qualified financial institutions to develop and market special loan products to individual clients while the remaining part is channeled in the form of wholesale loans to Women groups affiliated to the ministry through its district offices.
A special Limit within the ministry was formed to manage the Fund, the WEF Secretariat, and an advisory board was appointed to guide its operations WEF is a flagship project under the Social Pillar in Vision 2030 and the Millenium Development Goals.
Women Empowerment in Kenya: Women’s rights
Women’s rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide, and formed the basis for the women’s rights movement in the nineteenth century and the feminist movement during the 20th century. In some countries, these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local customs, and behavior, whereas in others they are ignored and suppressed. They differ from broader notions of human rights through claims of an inherent historical and traditional bias against the exercise of rights by women and girls, in favor of men and boys.
Issues commonly associated with notions of women’s rights include, though are not limited to, the right: to bodily integrity and autonomy; to be free from sexual violence; to vote; to hold public office; to enter into legal contracts; to have equal rights in family law; to work; to fair wages or equal pay; to have reproductive rights; to own property; to education.
Example of Top women entrepreneurs in Kenya.
- Njeri Rionge– Serial entrepreneur
- Tabitha Karanja- Founder and CEO: Keroche Breweries
- Eva Muraya- Founder and CEO: Brand Strategy and Design
- Jyoti Mukherjee – CEO: Software Technologies Limited
- Joanne Mwangi – Founder and CEO: PMS Group
They are under an umbrella organization called FEWA. The Federation of Women Entrepreneurs Associations (FEWA) is the apex body of all women entrepreneur associations working to ensure the realization of an enabling business environment for ALL women entrepreneurs.
The Federation is an effective channel through which joint programs and initiatives for women in business are channeled. FEWA has ensured harmonization of cross-sectoral issues and direct impact at policy-making levels through fostering sustainable partnerships.
Women in Kenya – Women organizations in Kenya
- African Development Initiatives Network (ADIN)
- African Women Link
- African Women’s Communication And Development Network
- Binti Legacy
- Centre For African Family Studies
- Coalition on Violence Against Women (COVAW)
- Council For Economic Empowerment Of Women In Africa
- East Africa Women’s League (EAWL)
- Education Centre for Women in Democracy
- Family Life Counselling Association Of Kenya
- Family Life Promotion And Services
- F.E.C.H.A. Programmes for Widows and Orphans (Feeding, Education, Clothing, Healthcare & Advocacy)
- Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)
- Gender and Development Centre
- International Federation Of Women Lawyers – Kenya Chapter
- Kenya Medical Women’s Association
- Kenya Thirsty Child and Women and Organisation (KTCWAO)
- Kenya Women Fellowship Association (KWFA)
- Kenya Women Finance Trust (KWFT)
- Kenya Women’s Society (KWS)
- Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organization
- Mama Na Dada International
- Materi Girls’ Centre (MATERI)
- Mwakimai Self Help Group
- National Association Of Kenyan Women
- National Council of Women of Kenya
- National Council Of Women Of Kenya
- Saacid Voluntary Organisation
- Single Mother Association Of Kenya
- Sinini Tree Nursery Women Group
- Society for Advancement of Women Studies (SACWS)
- Somali Women’s Association For National Development
- Sudanese Women’s Voice of Peace:
- United Women’s Muslim Association (UWMA)
- Widows & Orphans Welfare Society Of Kenya
- Women for Women
- Women Educational Researchers of Kenya
- Women’s Bureau
- Women’s Programme Of The National Council Of Churches Of Kenya
- Young Women’s Christian Association – Kenya
Women Groups in Kenya
A comprehensive list of all women groups in Kenya, their addresses (postal and physical), contacts (telephone and e-mail) and a link to the women organizations website.
List of Self Help Groups in Kenya – Names of Self Help Groups in Kenya
Women Groups in Kenya – The UMOJA UASO Women’s Group
The UMOJA UASO Women’s Group, in Archer’s Post, Samburu district, was founded with the mission to improve the livelihood of its members and the Samburu community through education and poverty alleviation. In this way, the group helps fight the many inequalities faced by Samburu women. Thus empowered, these women are securing their livelihoods while providing greater opportunities for their children’s futures.
Chairlady, Rebecca Lolosoli : +254-0- 721 659717
Mobile Phone Number:
Camp Site Booking: Fiona +254-0- 713062588
http://umojawomen.org
Located near the Samburu Uaso Gate of Samburu National Reserve, Umoja also provides a unique experience for visitors. In addition to a guided tour of a traditional Samburu cultural center and village, Umoja offers its guests a campsite complete with all the necessary amenities.
Women Groups in Kenya – GROOTS Kenya
GROOTS Kenya is a network of women self-help groups and community organizations in Kenya. It formed as a response to inadequate visibility of grassroots women in development and decision-making forums that directly impact them and their communities. GROOTS Kenya bridges this gap through initiatives that are community-centered and women-led.
The network’s objective is to “ensure that grassroots women are masters of their own destiny through their direct participation in decision-making processes.” Thus GROOTS Kenya’s goal is to strengthen the role of grassroots women in community development by serving as a platform for grassroots women’s groups and individuals to: come together, to share their ideas/experiences, to network and to find avenues to directly participate in decision making, planning, and implementation of issues that affect them.
Groots women are masters of their own destiny through their direct participation in decision-making processes.” Thus GROOTS Kenya’s goal is to strengthen the role of grassroots women in community development by serving as a platform for grassroots women’s groups and individuals to: come together, to share their ideas/experiences, to network and to find avenues to directly participate in decision making, planning, and implementation of issues that affect them.
Community Women undertaking a mapping exercise
Program Areas
Although GROOTS Kenya’s work is centered around the lives and needs of Grassroots Women and therefore largely non-thematic, it accomplishes its goals through four main program areas:
- Community Responses to HIV/AIDS
- Women and Property
- Women’s Leadership and Governance
- Community Resources and Livelihoods
Contact:
GROOTS Kenya
Esther Mwaura
PO Box 10320-GPO
Nairobi, Kenya
2542718977 or 254-27-783640
grootsk@grootskenya.org
Women Groups in Kenya – Chepkemel Beek Women Group & Primary School
The Water Project, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization unlocking human potential by providing sustainable water projects to communities in sub-Saharan Africa who suffer needlessly from a lack of access to clean water and proper sanitation.
The group currently buys and sells livestock as a collective, own a small shop in their village selling foodstuffs, and they make beadwork to sell to the occasional visiting tourists. Their efforts are constrained by a lack of sufficient water (they have one small hand pump that does not meet their needs) and a lack of tourists.
Mailing Address
The Water Project, Inc.
P.O. Box 3353
Concord, NH 03302-3353
Offices
4 Bicentennial Square, 3rd Floor
Concord, NH 03301
Email: info@thewaterproject.org
Phone:(800) 460-8974 (Toll-free from U.S. & Canada)
(704) 918-1804 (Direct)
(704) 200-9812 (Fax)
Women Groups in Kenya – Nyuat (“to assist themselves”) Women’s Group:
Years in operation: 4
Number of members: 34
The group sells foodstuffs such as sugar, tea leaves, and tobacco sold out of their members’ own homes. This is problematic because the stock and profits are often stolen by family members. They would like to open their own shop so that the goods can be secured.
Women Groups in Kenya – Mbagas Women’s Group:
Years in operation: 1
Number of members: 30
This group started by buying beads to resell to other groups, but due to transportation difficulties was unable to restock their supplies. They now make some beadwork to sell, but are mostly involved in selling tea and sugar. Last, they are often pressured to loan their profits to community members, and often are not repaid. Thus their profits are not reinvested into their businesses.
Women Groups in Kenya – Naapu (“uplift”) Women’s Group:
Years in operation: 1
Number of members: 32
This group is involved in selling sugar and tea, but have thus far experienced little success due to a lack of available funds.
Women Groups in Kenya – Naseryan (“cooperation/staying together”) Women’s Group:
Years in operation: 1
Number of members: 35
This group started by organizing a “merry-go-round” lending system, in which members would contribute money to a pool each month to then be allocated to a particular member to start their own small business. They have also initiated and registered their own adult education program, in which they employ the local nursery school teacher to conduct classes for the women every afternoon. While they make beadwork to sell in order to raise funds, they lack buyers for these products and have not been able to pay the teacher for the last 5 months.
Women Groups in Kenya – Power Women Group Kibera
The Power women are a group of twenty women who came together to reduce poverty in the community.
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Women Groups in Kenya – FIDA Kenya
FIDA Kenya is a non-profit, women-led, membership and women rights organization registered in Kenya that has for the past twenty-six years cut a niche for itself as a fearless women rights defender and earned respect and international recognition in women rights advocacy. It was formed in 1985 after the UN 3rd women conference held in Nairobi as an affiliate organization to the Federation International De Abogadas’- The International Federation of Women Lawyers – FIDA which was formed in 1944 in Mexico by a group of women lawyers with the aim of promoting women’s rights globally.‘
Contacts
NAIROBI(HEAD OFFICE)
Physical Address: Amboseli Road off Gitanga Road, Lavington, Nairobi, Kenya
Postal Address: P.O. BOX 46324-00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone:+254.20.3870444 or +254.20.3873511
Mobile:0722 509760 or 0733 845003
Email: info@fidakenya.org,
Careers: recruitment@fidakenya.org
Mombasa
Physical Address: Kizingo East Road off Mama Ngina Drive, Mombasa, Kenya
Postal Address: P.O. BOX 80687-80100 Mombasa, Kenya
Telephone: +254.041.222 4500 or +254.041.231 3611
Mobile: 0724 256 659 or 0724 444 449
Kisumu
Physical Address: Milimani Estate, off Tom Mboya Drive, Kisumu, Kenya
Postal Address: P.O. BOX 19219-40100 Kisumu, Kenya
Telephone: +254.057.2025560
Mobile: 0724 256 658 or 0734 444 448
Women Groups in Kenya – Woman-to-woman peer group
USAID Kenya
PO Box 629
Village Market 00621
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: 254-20-862-2000
Fax: 254-20-862-2680 / 2682
email: usaidke@usaid.gov
Women Groups in Kenya and Women Organisations in Kenya
Women Organisations in Kenya
African Development Initiatives Network (ADIN)
P.O. Box 67391
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: (254-2) 213446/554272
Fax: (254-2) 542659/554272
African Women Link
PO Box 50795, Nairobi, Kenya.
The network of individuals, organizations, and agencies working in development in Africa.
African Women’s Communication And Development Network
P.O. Box 54562
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: 254-2-440299
Fax: 254-2-443868
The organization’s objective is to promote gender, responsive policy, planning, implementation, advocacy and skills development and to work towards the empowerment of women.
Binti Legacy
Loita House
Loita Street
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254.2.33.0854
Fax: +254.2.33.0854
Feminist Bookstore
Centre For African Family Studies
P.O. Box 60054
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: (254-2) 448618/448619
Fax: (254-2) 448621
Coalition on Violence Against Women (COVAW)
Ngong Road, near Adams Arcade
P O Box 7631
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: 254-2-574357/8
Fax: 254-2-574253
Email: covaw@iconnect.co.ke
Council For Economic Empowerment Of Women In Africa
P.O. Box 42542
Nairobi
Kenya
(254-2) 226742
(254-2) 340367
East Africa Women’s League (EAWL)
P.O.Box: 40308
Nairobi, Kenya
Education Centre for Women in Democracy
P.O. Box 62714
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: +254 2 562 304 or +254 2 570 386
Fax: +254 2 561 316
E-mail: ecwd@arcc.or.ke
The Education Centre for Women in Democracy was founded and registered as an official Kenyan organization in July 1993. The center’s mission is to act in a non-partisan manner to assist women aspiring to political office at all levels. This is done by providing support by means of research, training, communication projects and education. The center’s facilities include a research and resource library.
Family Life Counselling Association Of Kenya
POB 18077, Muchumbi Road South B
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: 558926/555977
Fax: 544640
Family Life Promotion And Services
P.O. Box 10608
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: (254 2) 332779
Fax: (254 2) 339087
“F.E.C.H.A. Programmes for Widows and Orphans” (Feeding, Education, Clothing, Healthcare & Advocacy)
Located 7 miles from Kisumu.
Kenya
Currently, the Organisation is a Partner for the Kolping Community and they organize two workcamps per year with Kolping for young Students that help with the program.
Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)
International House, 12th Floor, Mama Ngina Str, P.O. Box 53168
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: +254 2 226 590
Fax: +254 2 210 709
E-mail: fawe@fawe.org
URL: http://www.fawe.org
FAWE is an international NGO of educationalists committed to achieving gender equality within the educational system in Africa and promoting the education of women and girls. Since it began in 1993 with 5 ministers, membership has grown to over 60 African women including ministers in charge of national educational systems, vice-chancellors of universities, women policymakers in education as well as 21 male ministers of education as associate members. FAWE has 31 national chapters in different countries. FAWE Kenya runs a resource center. The accession lists of the resource center are published on FAWE’s web page. Languages: English, French.
Gender and Development Centre
P.O. Box 1588
Kisumu
Kenya
International Federation Of Women Lawyers – Kenya Chapter
P.O. Box 46324
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: (254 2) 717169
Fax: (254 2) 716840
Kenya Medical Women’s Association
Kabarnet Road
P.O. Box 49877
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: 506287 or 560 813
Fax: 503239 or 560 813
(Women’s clinics, Health, Education, Welfare services, Family planning, Maternal, and Child Health)
Kenya National Council Of NGOs
P.O. Box 48278
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel (254-2) 562323
Fax: (254-2) 568445
Kenya Thirsty Child and Women and Organisation (KTCWAO)
P.O. Box 44126
Nairobi, Kenya
(Women, Children)
Kenya Water For Health Organization
off Workshop Road, Department of Water Building, P.O. Box 61470
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: (254-2) 557550
Fax: (254-2) 543265
Kenya Women Fellowship Association (KWFA)
48 Loiyangalani Road
P.O. Box 74197
Nairobi, Kenya
(Health, Education, Agriculture, Counselling, Shelter homes, Training, Legal advice)
Kenya Women Finance Trust (KWFT)
P.O. Box 55919
Nairobi, Kenya
Kenya Women’s Society (KWS)
P.O. Box 49838
Nairobi, Kenya
Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organization
Women’s Bureau, Ministry of Culture and Social Services
Monrovia Street,
P.O. Box 44412
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: (254) 223307
Fax: (254) 225390
Mama Na Dada International
P. O. Box 40304
Nairobi
Kenya
TEL: (+254) 72 765707
Materi Girls’ Centre (MATERI)
P.O. Box 194 Meru
Kenya
Mwakimai Self Help Group
Getare SDA Church
P.O. Box 3272
Kisi, Kenya
Women’s health issues.
National Association Of Kenyan Women
P.O. Box 30289
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: 714620 334413
Fax: 716191 340664
National Council of Women of Kenya
PO Box 4371
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: 24634
National Council Of Women Of Kenya
P.O. Box 43741
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: 224634
Fax: 335851
Saacid Voluntary Organisation
P.O. Box 14756
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: (254 2) 448392
Fax: (254 2) 448391
Single Mother Association Of Kenya
P.O. Box 75603
Nairobi
Kenya
761884
252 02 557478 c/o Patrick Manawa
Sinini Tree Nursery Women Group
P.O.Box 299
Chwele, Kenya
(Tea planting/raising of tree seedlings); Agricultural production/horticulture; Shop business; Livestock (dairy cattle) keeping; Soil & water conservation).
Society for Advancement of Women Studies (SACWS)
P.O. Box 61510
Nairobi, Kenya
Somali Women’s Association For National Development
UNDP Liaison Office
P.O. Box 28832
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: (254 2) 226408
Fax: (254 2) 217483
Sudanese Women’s Voice of Peace:
c/o UNIFEM, Nairobi, KENYA
Tel: 254-2-743855 or 748523
Sudanese Women’s Voice for Peace (SWVP)
c/o People for Peace in Africa
Waumini House, Westlands
Box 14877, Nairobi
Kenya
Tel. +254-2-568547
fax 441372
United Women’s Muslim Association (UWMA)
P.O. Box 45107
Nairobi, Kenya
Widows & Orphans Welfare Society Of Kenya
P.O. Box 53935
Nairobi
Kenya
602713
Women for Women
Box 48611
Nairobi, Kenya
Fax: (254) 2 71-05-19
Women Educational Researchers of Kenya
P. O. Box 21447
Nairobi Ngong Rd
00502
Kenya
Telefax: (254) 2 560969
Mobile: (254) 722 888919
Email: werk@avu.org.
We are a Professional Organisation, registered in 1993. Our main goal is to like research to advocacy and action.
Women’s Bureau
Ministry of Culture and Social Services
P.O. Box 30276
Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone: 23530, 27553 Ext. 276
Objectives: Integrating women into national development; Formulating implementing and evaluating women policies; Co-ordinating all government initiatives and programmes for women; Collecting and analyzing data required for the design, monitoring and evaluation of projects; Out reach programmes.
Women’s Programme Of The National Council Of Churches Of Kenya
Church House, Moi Avenue, P.O. Box 45009
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: (254-2) 338211
Fax: (254-2) 224463
Young Women’s Christian Association – Kenya
P.O. Box 40710, Nyerere Avenue
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: (254 2) 724 789
Fax: (254-2) 710519