As Kenya works toward the promise of gender equality embodied in the constitution. It is our hope that enough women will be elected without having to create additional positions.
Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW) is working towards this by training women on leadership and strategic campaign planning in different counties.
Wajibu Wetu Programme under the Women Leadership and Governance supported by Forum Syd Kenya
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Training by Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW) supported by Forum Syd Kenya in actualizing the 2/3 gender principle, the best solution is to have more women seek to be elected and therefore increase the chances of having more women in influential positions. For this to happen women have to be facilitated with knowledge skills and where possible resources to run strong campaigns.
As part of our journey to achieving our vision, we have recently acquired new talent to join our board of directors to ensure the organization’s work continues to benefit from the skills, competencies and passion that the board members (Rukia Yassin Männikkö, Justus Nyang’aya, Samuel Gichohi, Hon. Justice Joel Ngugi, Professor Wambui Mwangi, Clement Mwangi, Esther Mwaura) bring to the work of CREAW.
In the year 2010 CREAW was implementing a project under support from Ford Foundation which focused on among other things addressing teachers student sexual violence in Kenya. The project also aimed to carry out a study to identify the structural ,policy and systemic gaps the `TSC faced in dealing with teacher student sexual violence and jointly develop measures to track the prevalence and strengthen policy and practical responses by the TSC and other state and non state actors.
Land Mark Ruling – Two Thirds Gender Rule
CREAW filed this suit in the Constitutional court seeking declaration that the Attorney General and the Constitution Implementation Commission had failed in their duty to develop and present affirmative action legislation ahead of the August 27th 2015 deadline placed by the Supreme Court.
Prof. Githu Muigai,
The Attorney General,
Sheria House,
Nairobi
Attention: Prof . Githu
RESPECT THE RULE OF LAW- ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE ON THE ‘NOT MORE THAN TWO THIRDS GENDER’ PRINCIPLE
Women organizations and human rights institutions namely FIDA-K, Maendeleo, , WEL, CMD, GROOTS, KHRC, Women Steering Committee, CRECO, Futures K, URAIA Trust, CREAW, AMWIK, Action Aid, UPDK, Youth Agenda, DTM, and FEMNET, wish to submit this petition on behalf of the women of Kenya.
The journey towards having gender based violence recognized as a significant threat to individuals ,families ,communities and our economy at large has been slow and arduous. While existing legislation such as the sexual offences Act and the Constitution expressly outlaw acts of sexual violence and prohibit cruel degrading treatment and discrimination on basis of gender, that is little consolation to the high number of women who continue to suffer physical ,psychological and economic abuse. To these women, the provisions of the law are abstract ideas which do not seem to be able to prevent and adequately respond to their plight.