Intersectional Assessment of the Economic Exclusion of Women Involved in the Business Sector in Informal Settlements of Nairobi County, Kenya
COVAW in partnership with the Humanity & Inclusion Making It Work project, worked on the in-depth assessment on the economic exclusion of women involved in the business sector in informal settlements of Nairobi County, using an intersectional approach.
This study was part of a six-month cooperation with the MIW Gender and Disability project. The main objective of this assessment was to understand how women in their various diversities face different barriers in running sustainable economic businesses and how these barriers can be addressed.
This assessment was carried out between the months of March 2022 -August 2022. This cooperation also served the purpose of improving and enriching the How-To Guide: Intersectionality in practice, co-developed by Inclusive Friends Association and MIW and published in May 2022.
DELAYED. DENIED. Legal and Administrative Bottlenecks to Effective and Efficient Delivery of Justice for Survivors of SGBV in Kenya
This research study was part of a 2-year project entitled “Promoting an Enabling Legal Environment for SGBV Victims” that COVAW undertook with the support of OSIEA. The overall goal of the project was to improve response to SGBV against women and girls.
The study aimed to inter alia review the law, policy and administration structures within the judiciary that govern management of cases of sexual violence so as to establish the causes of delays in delivering justice to survivors of SGBV particularly those with intellectual
disabilities.
SAFELY ENGAGED: Addressing gender-based violence and economic exclusion of girls and young women in Kenya.
The purpose of this study was to establish the role of the formal and
informal private sectors in addressing Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Economic Exclusion (EE) for vulnerable girls and young women in Kenya, with particular focus on Nairobi (in the informal settlements of Kibera), Kwale and Kisumu Counties, with the broad objectives of:
- Assessing the policy framework, regulations, and practices by the private sector on GBV and EE of young women and girls in Kenya.
- Reviewing the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies and practices of the formal and informal private sector in targeted counties and at the national level.
Gender Responsive budgeting as a tool for change in Kwale County
The aim of the project was to empower marginalized women, girls and PWDs by ensuring that they participate in the county budget making process to promote their priority needs in the county budget.
COVAW commissioned a study to assess the extent to which the project objectives were achieved, in the final year of the project. The study employed both primary and secondary sources of data.
Annual report 2021: Empowering Women and Girls during times of crisis
It is with great pleasure that we present the COVAW 2021 Annual Report. 2021 was yet another challenging year, marked by increased cases of Sexual and Gender Based Violence and continued effects of COVID-19 pandemic – all compounding factors to vulnerability.
This annual report provides a glimpse of our efforts to serve vulnerable women and girls exposed to or at risk of gender based violence.
In Kenya, regardless of constitutional and statutory provisions, access to justice remains elusive to most victims of SGBV. The inordinate delays in conclusion of cases have led to untold trauma with the attendant social-economic consequences to the victims, their families and the society at large. COVID-19 pandemic worsened the situation by exacerbating the hitherto gaps in case management in the judiciary. Women and girls, particularly those with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities remain the most adversely affected.
Sexual and Gender Based Violence and Justice for Intellectually Challenged Women and Girls in Kenya
Challenging the Constitutionality of Discriminative Clauses in the Penal Code and in the Evidence Act.
