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Documenting the Voices of Women in the Post Election Political Crisis in Kenya -2008

The aim of this Project is to document the Voices of Women affected during the violence that rocked the country following the disputed December Elections.
This initiative intends to capture the experiences, perspectives, and recommendations of women and children during this delicate moment of national reconciliation, dialogue, and peace building processes.

HIV Positive and Displaced , 10 Months on

Internally Displaced Persons including children, who are living with the HIV/Aids virus, continue to battle with challenges in their attempt to regain some sense of normalcy, ten months after displacement.

Ann Muthoni has not been spared; life has not been the same again since she lost her livelihood.

Struggling to recover from misfortunes

No one understands how tough life can get as much as Rose Adhiambo and her family.

Standing outside the small mud-walled, room near Kisian Township along the Kisumu-Busia road that she now calls home, all seems like a bad dream.

Survivors Continue to Battle with Reproductive Health Problems

Kenya’s solution to a history of systematic impunity and human rights violations may finally come in the form of the proposed recommendations, by the recently released Waki Commission.

The formation of an international tribunal which is objective, and acknowledges that sexual crimes in times of political instability constitute genocidal or war crimes may deliver the much needed justice.

When Life Becomes a Battle Field

For about three years 54 year old Penina Obuya was living an ordinary but fulfilling life fending for her two orphaned grandchildren through her small business. An expert in preparing goatskins which she used to buy from slaughterhouses, treat and transport to Nairobi; everything seemed to be going well for her. On the side, she was running a vegetable kiosk at Mshomoroni village in Kisauni constituency - Mombasa district.

She was staying some meters away from her busy kiosk and everything was going on smoothly until that fateful night when everything came tumbling down and threw her into a life of depending on well-wishers for food and accommodation.

Score-card

ESTABLISHING INDICATORS T0 ASSESS THE INFLUENCE OF FEMALE AND MALE USING A SCORE-CARD IN THE 10TH PARLIAMENT

For the first time in Kenyan history, the Kenyan Parliament has got more women as Members of Parliament. With 22 women MPs out of 222, the figures are still small comparing with Rwanda which has supposed the 50% mark and now stands at 56.7%.

However, to be able gauge how Parliament is trying to mainstream gender issues in its day to day activities, from debates on different bills, priority of bills to Committee Sessions, African Woman and Child Feature Service has developed a Scorecard to monitor Parliament with key set indicators.

The aim is to establish from a qualitative aspect the difference women bring into Parliament and the following indicators will be used;