Dear iKNOW Politics member,

Thank you for your question. We have extensively covered events and news related to women in politics in Kenya, particularly during the last year’s debates over giving women representatives 50 more seats in the Kenyan National Assembly. Here are links to some articles and interesting responses posted by our members and experts on this issue:

"But They Never Killed My Spirit" http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42574

Female Candidates in Kenya Say They Face Discrimination, Violence http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2007-12/2007-12-24-voa28.cfm?CFID=11005373&CFTOKEN=97481261

Kenya police teargas Mungiki women http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2008/04/2008615037381985.html

Kenya: Women Stood Up to Be Elected http://allafrica.com/stories/200801240142.html

Kenya: Women Show Their Might in Polls http://allafrica.com/stories/200711190236.html

Kenya: Women Battle Violence and Rivals for Seats http://allafrica.com/stories/200710152041.html

Legislation to Get More Women in Parliament http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=38955

Kenya: Many Male MPs to Lose to Women http://allafrica.com/stories/200709100463.html

Kenya: Women Struggle to Fund Election Campaigns http://allafrica.com/stories/200709050176.html

Nomination of Women MPs in Kenya http://www.iknowpolitics.org/en/node/3038#comment-1438 (This is a consolidated response that includes expert opinions from Sef Ashiagbor, Senior Program Manager, Political Party Programs, National Democratic Institute and Alvah Hanrahan, Specialist in Women’s Politics.)

For more articles, you can visit our World News page at http://www.iknowpolitics.org/en/taxonomy_menu/3/791.

You can also refer to our Regions page, where you can find a number of publications about women’s political participation in Kenya - http://www.iknowpolitics.org/en/taxonomy_menu/1/71/204

Hope these resources will be useful to you.

Sincerely,

iKNOW Politics Team