The year 2020 will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995). It will be a key moment to reflect on what we have achieved and what remains to be done in order to...
One of the leading causes of physical and mental disturbances in Kenya is violence conducted against women. Factors such as low levels of education, religion and a socio-economic status contribute to the exacerbation of violence against women. Often it is pregnant...
Lacking the right or understanding of one’s own sexual and reproductive health is what many rural women across Kenya suffer with, even today. For many women and girls living in rural parts of the country, there is limited access to reproductive health services and...
Women’s equal access to land is vital in guaranteeing the human right to adequate food, shelter, non-discrimination, and equality, as well as other fundamental human rights. However, control and ownership of land largely remains the domain of male privilege,...
Statement of feminist activists at the forum We, the participants of the Tunis Forum for Gender Equality taking place in Tunis from April 24th to 26th 2019, have gathered to review the progress of the UN resolution1325 and the Beijing Platform for Action. A day before...
On the occasion of World Wetland Day, GROOTS Kenya received an award from the Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Hon. Keriako Tobiko and NEMA for spearheading climate change initiatives and environmental conservation efforts in Laikipia County In...
