Women do far more unpaid care and farm work than men, have little or no property rights. Though women are the majority, they are hardly consulted or involved socioeconomic and political decision making. Many girls and women face all sorts of violence, which perpetuates subordination, marginalization and inequality. The POWER project work with local partners to create awareness, mobilize and organize women to claim their rights as decision makers, farmers and property owners. The project uses capacity building workshops, safe spaces, land clinics, alternative mediation and justice system, policy and programme advocacy to help women own properties, get involved in decision making or governance positions, and end set women free from violence.
The organization was established in 2011 in Homa Bay County as an empowerment program themed “Supporting Primary Education among Kenyans- SPEAK” by five widows who were victims and survivors of gender based violence, teenage pregnancy and HIV.
The organization was established in 2011 as an empowerment program themed “Supporting Primary Education among Kenyans- SPEAK” by five widows who were victims and survivors of gender based violence, teenage pregnancy and HIV