Abstract: This study investigates and analyses the efforts the United Nations has made in promoting and protecting women’s rights since its inception in 1945. It also analyses the challenges that the UN has faced as a global body in the process of promoting the women’s rights and human rights in general. This study is necessary because not only is the promotion of rights a central mandate for the UN, but because it is considered a critical means for achieving other development goals such...
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to establish the mothers’ attitudes and perceptions of their own role in the sex education of their pre-adolescent daughters. The study also tried to find out the pre-adolescent girls’ perception of their mothers as sex educators. The study was conducted in Gitundu and Kairuthi sublocations of Iriaini location, Othaya Division, Nyeri District. The researcher used mothers with pre-adolescent daughters aged between 11-15 years in primary schools. Sim...
Abstract: This study assesses the role of political parties in deepening regional democracy in the East African Community (EAC). The study focuses on the involvement of political parties in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) elections. It assesses whether the legal framework for the EALA elections promotes the deepening of regional democracy. Further, it reviews the methods political parties have used to nominate the EALA representatives, in order to ascertain whether it fosters pa...
Abstract: The recent post-election violence affected millions of Kenyans. This was mainly on tire western part of the country which was deeply affected with the Rift Valley province the most seriously affected of the areas. This violence created death, destruction and displacement of thousands of Kenyan people. Ethnicity if well harmonized has proved to be one of the most reliable strategies for promoting a sense of sustainable nationhood in Kenya. However, because of ineffective leadership,...
Abstract: This research is considered timely because although the key donors have continued to advance foreign aid into to Kenya, there exists little economic development in the country. With three years to the deadline of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the country is less likely to achieve any of them. Evidently, Kenya is increasingly becoming a terrorist target especially after the Kenyan Defense Forces (KDF) ventured into Somalia to fight the Al Shabaab. Increased fore...
Abstract: The current study sought to establish the effect of capital gains tax on performance of real estate businesses in Mavoko Municipality, Machakos County. Capital gains tax was first introduced in Kenya in the year 1975 but suspended later in 1985 with an objective of spurring investment in real estate as well as in the securities market. The real estate property market has been booming since its suspension in 1985. However, after nearly 30 years of suspension by the Kenyan Parliament...
Abstract: This study highlights how remittance undermines Gender equality and women participation in the Somali peace process. Although the Sixth Clan coalition, a Somali women movement, made substantial gains during the 2000 Arta peace process managing to gain at least 12 percent of the seats in a 245 member parliament, the ineffectiveness of the custodians of the peace process that is the IGAD Technical Committee members’ states Kenya, Djibouti and Ethiopia in implementing those gains wa...
Abstract: Technological advancements have transformed every sphere of human life. The advent of technology and social media has improved interaction and communication between people. This is because social media offers a fast and a cheap means of interacting and sharing information. Freedom of expression allows one to hold their own opinions and to express them freely. However, availability and convenience of social media, coupled up with freedom of expression and the inability to differenti...
Abstract: In March of 2021, the Kenyan government made the announcement to close two of the largest refugee camps in Kenya with over 400,000 refugees streaming in from Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Kakuma and Dadaab refugee camps. Just after this announcement, the UNHCR was given two weeks to generate a plan to make this decision a reality, in the end however, the refugee agency along with Kenyan Authorities came to the agreement in the hopes to have ...
Abstract: The LAPSSET corridor is an ambitious infrastructure project that promises regional integration, to safeguard the environment and bolster security and to provide opportunity for economic growth and wealth creation. This study will focus on Kenya and Ethiopia, two states that seek to be regional hegemonies in the Horn of Africa. This study adopted a secondary research method of data collection based on surveys, literature review, published reports, conventions, declarations, regional...
Abstract: The aim of the study was to assess the policy intent and policy implementation of Gender Based Violence policies. The objectives of the study were to and assess the policies governing Gender-Based Violence policy implementation in Kenya; to analyze the relationship between policy intent and implementation of Gender-Based Violence in Kenya; to examine various barriers to Gender-Based Violence policy implementation in Kenya at a national level. The study employed explanatory research...
Abstract: Globally, governance has been characterized as a masculinized field. This has resulted in women’s representational and participatory crises triggering gender imbalances and inequalities in governance respectively. Therefore, in efforts to achieve gender balance and equality in governance, gender quotas were established as affirmative action tools manifesting differently from state to state. Gender quotas became instrumental in increasing women's numbers in governance as they make...
Abstract: This study assesses the implementation of Gender Based Violence (GBV) policy in Kenya and state responses. The following objectives guided this study; to analyze the response mechanisms that have been put in place to curb GBV in Kenya, to examine the challenges and or the gaps that hinder the effective implementation and enforcements of the response measures during humanitarian crisis and pandemics, and finally to evaluate how GBV culminated to femicide. Gender-based Violence affec...
Abstract: Adolescent motherhood is often a misunderstood and under researched population in Kenya. This phenomenon has significant impacts on society, since the rate of adolescent motherhood has increased in recent years in Kenya. Additionally, it is important to examine the mental health of these young women in order to implement public programs to increase their health outcomes and the health of their children. This study is a qualitative exploratory study that aimed to understand the expe...
Abstract: Community arts-based approaches have long been used as a tool for peace and reconciliation. Arts have been used as a way of people to express emotions created by conflicts or as a way of bringing together two warring parties. Despite the use of community arts-based approaches as a tool for social cohesion in Kenya, Kibera Constituency has continued to experience recurring electoral violence which has led to loss of lives and destruction of properties. Given the complexities of conf...