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Gender-based Violence

State unveils new rules to curb domestic violence, protect survivors

This story was originally published on Kenya’s Ministry of Gender, Cultural, The Arts and Heritage website on June 21, 2024. The fight against domestic violence in the country has received new […]

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Women Urged To Seek Elective Posts

This story was originally published by Kenya News Agency on March 22, 2024. Women have been urged to actively seek for various elective posts and rise above retrogressive cultural beliefs […]

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Gender Equality

The WBL Index: fueling Sub-Saharan Africa’s gender equality through the power of data

This story was originally published on the World Bank Blogs website on February 6, 2024. The inequalities faced by women in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) span various domains: education, economic participation, […]

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Gender inequality in education is still an issue in Kenya and South Africa

  Community Secondary School| Emmanuel Ikwuegbu, 2021| Unsplash   Beatrice Akala, University of Johannesburg Women still aren’t fully represented in higher education in Kenya and South Africa, despite changes in […]

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UN Women advocates for more gender statistics in Cameroon

UN Women advocates for more gender statistics in Cameroon UN Women and the Sub-Regional Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics (ISSEA) held a training seminar on gender statistics on 16–18 […]

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African Traditional Leaders united against child marriage and FGM

The Media Compact seeks to accelerate gender equality by providing a framework for media houses to strengthen gender-sensitive reporting

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Kenya’s milestones in accelerating gender equality and women’s empowerment

This week Kenya is hosting the 12th Commonwealth Women Affairs Ministers’ Meeting (12WAMM), an initiative of the Commonwealth member countries

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