This paper is based on personal stories as told by Kenyan women. The stories were compiled by the author in 2001 and 2002when interviewing Kenyans on their views regarding the new constitution. The…
The mapping indicates that over the past 8 or so years the number of organizations working on LGBTI issues has grown exponentially.
The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa was adopted under article 66 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights to supplement …
Smoothly functioning infrastructures are invisible. Examples of infrastructures range from those physically constructed, such as transportation and public utility systems, to those that are more el…
"We are indigenous Kenyan women and men who have experience stigma,discrimination and isolation because of our sexual choice and/or identities. We are seeking our rightful place in our families, co…
The Bill of Rights contained within South Africa’s Constitution features a number of ‘socioeconomic rights’. Although these rights are justiciable they are subject to various limitations. The…
This study uses intra-household and intersectionality theories to analyze the relative benefit that household member’s gain from the use of goods produced by households living along the Simiyu Ri…
All too often the lives of LGBTI people in the East Africa are characterized by isolation, the burden of stigma, discrimination and violation. But they are very much normal human lives with everyda…
Women in developing countries are disempowered: high youth unemployment, early marriage and childbearing interact to limit their investments into human capital and enforce dependence on men. We eva…
We had earlier observed that the consensus among opinion moulders and discussants in non-formal education settings is that access to formal education and literacy training for girls and women will …