UN Kenya for Equality

The @UNKenya Inter-Agency coordinating body on gender. Championing for #GenderEquality & women's empowerment in Kenya. Coordinated at @unwomenkenya

[UN Women Kenya @unwomenkenya]

What an exciting way to start our 2023! At the @KEWOPA inaugural retreat for new & re-elected Women MPs. In the house are women legislators from @NAssemblyKE & @Senate_KE, set to map out KEWOPA's legislative & programmatic agenda for the 13th Parliament.
#WomenDriveChangeKE

[UN Women Kenya @unwomenkenya]

Ending violence against women is everyone’s business.

Here are 10 ways you can make a difference during the #16Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, and every day:

https://t.co/n7sEfvy3Fk

#PushForward

@UnKenya @CREAWKenya @FemnetProg @NGECKenya

[UN Women Kenya @unwomenkenya]

Stronger survivor-centred services:

🏠Shelters
☎️Hotlines
🥼Counselling
⚖️Justice
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💰 for the women’s rights agenda, will #EndGBV. #OrangeTheWorld #16Days

📽️ https://t.co/UPrapBByPT

@CREAWKenya @PSYGKenya @UNFPAKen @ActionAid_Kenya @SSVKenya @FinnishEmbNBO @unwomenafrica

[UN Women Kenya @unwomenkenya]

@NAssemblyKE's triple mandate of representation/oversight/legislation
is critical to #EndGBV. Today its members rally round their own personal commitment for #16Days. #PushForward

@KEWOPA @EUinKenya @FinnishEmbNBO @NGECKenya @AICS_Nairobi @CanHCKenya @UNDPKenya @OHCHRKENYA

[UN Women Kenya @unwomenkenya]

It IS possible: with dedicated decision-makers, GBV can become history.

#16Days

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@KEWOPA @Gvrckenya @CREAWKenya @EUinKenya @FinnishEmbNBO @denmarkinkenya @CanHCKenya @AICS_Nairobi @IrlEmbKenya @gender_ke @PSYGKenya @SWJacksonUN @OHCHRKENYA @UNDPKenya @Lesuuda @GladysShollei

[AICS Nairobi @AICS_Nairobi]

Environmental restoration and climate smart agriculture at the hearth of the Italy-funded initiative launched in West Pokot: @WPCGovernment and @aics_it with Ars Progetti and @KVDA_ke join hands to contrast climate change
🇬🇧 https://t.co/xZ77FLsS87
🇮🇹 https://t.co/gRPnFdi3QD

[UN Women Kenya @unwomenkenya]

Reject ideas of masculinity that see violence & dominance as “strong”. This #16Days of Activism let go of traditional norms that perpetuate violence against women and girls. #orangetheworld #PushForward

@PSYGKenya @FemnetProg @UnKenya @ADELLEO @CREAWKenya @WorldVisionKE

[UN Women Kenya @unwomenkenya]

Today is #WorldAIDSDay2022 & @uonbi continue to create safe spaces to prevent & respond to #GBV. The first gender desk was opened today- to help address GBV cases on Campus. We continue to #PushForward @UnescoEast #16days

[UN Women Kenya @unwomenkenya]

What action are you taking to #EndViolenceAgainstWomen?

Need some inspiration? Read how @InuaDada use different platforms to expand conversations on GBV.

📖: https://t.co/oXk5Z4E05t
#16Days (5mins)

@OfficialJMbugua @UNFPAKen @PSYGKenya @MOH_Kenya #PushForward #16Days

[UN Women Kenya @unwomenkenya]

📢Women's Human Rights Defenders Day📢

Kenya's WHRDs are some of the most committed in the world to fighting GBV💪🏾#16Days #EndGBV

✊🏾Respect them
✊🏾Support them
✊🏾Fund them

Learn more👇🏾
📖: https://t.co/WIUlsXvZDU (5min read)

@OHCHRKENYA @UnKenya @AICS_Nairobi @IrlEmbKenya

[UN Women Kenya @unwomenkenya]

This #16Days we salute:

✊grassroots activists
✊women human rights defenders
✊survivor advocates
✊individuals around the world who continue to #PushForward in the shared mission to #EndGBV

@CreawKenya, @WanguKanja @Gvrckenya @CCDG_KE @ActionAid_Kenya @SSVKenya @Grace_Agenda

[UN Women Kenya @unwomenkenya]

How much do you know about violence against #women & #girls?
Do you know that violence against women take many forms?

Abuse is not always physical!
Find out more: https://t.co/AUhGPYeFRi
#OrangeTheWorld #16Days

[UN Women Kenya @unwomenkenya]

25 November is the International Day to End Violence against Women and the world is taking a stand against gender-based violence and the push back on women’s rights. Let’s kick off the #16Days of Activism and #OrangeTheWorld!
@PSYGKenya @UNFPAKen @ItalyinKenya @FinnishEmbNBO

[UN Women Kenya @unwomenkenya]

Resource scarcity, land disputes & cattle rustling drive conflict in Turkana.

@JapaninKenya is #FundingGenderEquality in Kenya to ensure women influence their community conflict & security decisions...

📽️: https://t.co/jpV9V1EcR1

@RuralWomenPL @UnKenya
🇰🇪🇯🇵

[UN Women Kenya @unwomenkenya]

Hongera 🎊🎊
@AngelMbuthia for winning #MsPresident Season 2!!
We are proud to share in your success from the day of your auditions & wish you the very best!! To our partners, @CanHCKenya 🇨🇦, @Media_Focus, @EUinKenya 🇪🇺, thank you for supporting women's leadership in Kenya! 🇰🇪

[UN Women Kenya @unwomenkenya]

⚠️African women bear the greatest cost of energy poverty

💡 @poshgero designs off-grid technologies so medical/food supplies can be stored + transported to communities affected by climate hazards. #ClimateChange #COP27

📖https://t.co/lCL5tnV4Ar

@unwomenafrica @UnKenya @UNEP

[UN Women Kenya @unwomenkenya]

@UNHCR_Kenya @PeaceWindsJapan @JapaninKenya @Toyota_Kenya 🔧👩🏾‍🔧🚛
"Initiatives like this provide income to meet daily needs inc. health, education & food security. Such empowerment can also offer a way out of abusive relationships” - @annamutavati #WithRefugees #LNOB

@CFAOMotorsKenya @Toyota_Kenya @PeaceWindsJapan @JapaninKenya
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[UN Women Kenya @unwomenkenya]

💡 @CFAOMotorsKenya graduates will take their in-demand mechanical skills back to Kakuma - a key transit point in the trade route between Kenya & South Sudan 🇸🇸🇰🇪
@unwomenafrica @JapaninKenya @peaceWindsJapan @annamutavati @Toyota_Kenya

[UN Women Kenya @unwomenkenya]

"Social norms are obstructing many women from accessing courses & taking jobs" - Sylvia Pelekech, Kakuma Town

🗒️✅Reminder: Transforming harmful norms still a priority to empower women in humanitarian contexts.

@UNHCR_Kenya @PeaceWindsJapan @JapaninKenya @Toyota_Kenya

[UN Women Kenya @unwomenkenya]

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Today @CFAOMotorsKenya/ @Toyota_Kenya begins a new auto-motive training programme for women and girls in Kenya's refugee settings.

Skills = Livelihood = Empowerment #LNOB

Supported by @JapaninKenya @PeaceWindsJapan #WithRefugees