POLITICS-KENYA: WOMEN'S MINISTRY SCRAPPED

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  February 27, 1998 ;     656 words ......International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA-Kenya). In a statement, made available...as a disadvantaged group in Kenya. Women's groups in this East African...producing more than 80 percent of Kenya's food, women have continued to play a marginal...

Women in development: Kenya's experience. (include related article on...

Finance & Development;  June 1, 1989 ;     700+ words ......population growth. Kenya has also begun to improve access for women to productive resources...and direction for Kenya's efforts to improve the condition of women. In 1976 the Government...future projects. In Kenya, as in many other African countries, women from all walks of...

Kenya: women's participation in the political process.

WIN News;  September 22, 1997 ;     700+ words ......Parliament where women are grossly under-represent...decisions made in Kenya's parliament do not...The Constitution of Kenya grants political...all individuals in Kenya, women included. Kenyas...role in determining women's participation in the political process. Kenya's ...

KENYA-POLITICS: TOUGH STRUGGLE AWAITS PROPOSED WOMEN-LED PARTY

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  May 24, 1996 ;     700+ words ......that the Agikuyu, Kenya's largest ethnic...once governed by women, starting with the...full-fledged minister in Kenya, 52 percent of whose 28 million people are women. Nor are things likely...Maendeleo ya Wanawake (Women's Development), one of Kenya's biggest women's ...

KENYA: WOMEN TO MARCH OCT. 31 FOR POLITICAL REPRESENTATION

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  October 17, 2005 ;     700+ words ......demanding revisions to Kenya's proposed constitution...increase the number of women in political office...the Nairobi-based Women's Political Alliance of Kenya, said in an interview...gender observers in Kenya, where affirmative action for women has been a thorny...

POLITICS-KENYA: AS POLL NEARS, WOMEN CANDIDATES GET NGO PUSH

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  December 26, 2007 ;     700+ words ......percent of seats that were held by women in Kenya, 30.4 percent of seats in Tanzania...more being elected." The League of Kenya Women Voters has also tried to help women...asked Oloo. For its part, the Kenya Women's Political Caucus -- another beneficiary...

RIGHTS-KENYA: WOMEN RENEW DEMANDS FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  November 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Ojiambo, who is also chairperson of Kenya Women Medical Association. Ojiambo...suggests. About 76 percent of Kenya's women can read and write, according...This is the highest number of women in parliament Kenya has ever had since independence...

KENYA: PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR WOMEN STILL DENIED BY "TRADITIONS".(Brief...

WIN News;  June 22, 1999 ;     605 words ...DAILY NATION (Kenya), March, 1999 Women should lobby the Government...to promote all interests of women and the girl-child, including...that more effort be made by women in lobbying the Government...The most important step that women must take is seeking political leadership. Women's ...

HEALTH-KENYA: WOMEN MORE VULNERABLE TO HIV THAN MEN, OFFICIALS SAY

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  November 26, 2004 ;     700+ words ......efforts to reduce HIV in Kenya. Orege noted that HIV prevalence amongst women aged 15 to 49 years...support team, observed. Women parliamentarians in Kenya recently proposed a...of sexually active women in Kenya who engage in higher-ri...

POLITICS-KENYA: WOMEN TO MAKE NEW PUSH FOR GOVERNMENT POSTS

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  September 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ......use to send out messages to women. Voters in Kenya -- with a population of about...the Nairobi-based League of Kenya Women Voters. To succeed, however...should be promoted to complement women efforts. Kenya's record has been poor in implementing...

RIGHTS-KENYA: WOMEN SEEK ACCESS TO LAND AS REFORM DEBATE HEATS UP

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  September 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ......campaign to set up a women's land movement has kicked off in Kenya, at a time when...the launch of a 'Women's Land Rights Issues Paper' in Kenya's capital Nairobi...most communities in Kenya, as is in most African countries, women do not inherit...

KENYA: WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAMS EXCEL IN A FORMER MALE PRESERVE

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  February 3, 2003 ;     700+ words ......she says. For many years, women's soccer in Kenya remained a small affair, with...with men has picked up among women. In November, the Kenya Football Federation-Nairobi...According to Esakwa, most women in Kenya have been have been exposed...

INT'L WOMEN'S DAY: SEXUAL VIOLENCE ON THE RISE IN KENYA

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  March 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ......all violence in Kenya is committed against women, says 'Medico-Legal...Gender-Based Violence in Kenya', which comprises...bodies, most of them women. A large percentage...parliament, only 18 are women, the highest number in the history of Kenya. Copyright 2004...

Study: Each year more than 300,000 women in Kenya either have a...

AP Worldstream;  May 6, 2004 ;     313 words ......Dateline: NAIROBI, Kenya Each year 309,197 women in Kenya either have a miscarriage...health services to the women of Kenya," said Dr. James Nyikal...The study found that Kenya's public health system...to care for 20,341 women who have had complications...

KENYA: WOMEN PRESS DRIVE FOR MORE SEATS IN GOVERNMENT

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  February 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ......the government. Eighteen of Kenya's 222 legislators are women. While this is the highest...affirmative action legislation for women in Kenya have foundered. Other activists...executive director of the League of Kenya Women Voters, affirmative action...