Kibera Women for Peace and Fairness
March 2, 2008 by Generation Kenya
Contact: Ms. Jane Anyango
Tel: +(254) 722 437 620
Email: nyakodong@yahoo.com
Kibera Women for Peace and Fairness was formed in response to the outbreak of post-election violence in Kenya in January 2008, and the wide-spread destruction of homes and businesses in the Kibera neighbourhoods. Kibera was one of the hardest-hit areas by the violence in Kenya, and women in Kibera are also threatened by the gender-based violence (intimidation, gang-rapes) which has escalated during the recent crisis. The Kibera Women for Peace and Fairness is a platform for the women of Kibera to express their needs and priorities and to work out collective solutions for the reconstruction of their homes and lives.
They have applied for official registration as an organisation from the government, and they meet next to the D.O.’s office every Saturday afternoon to make collective decisions about the way forward in Kibera.
Greetings from Judith Buckrich, Chair of the International PEN Women Writers’ Committee to all new and old friends in Kenya – I wish all of you the very best with all my heart. I was just delighted to receive this. Good luck with all of your efforts.
Thanks for the good work and for exposing the slum women, we hope all will be fine with us here with your exposure.
Kindly correct my address to read: nyakodong@yahoo.com.
Anyango Jane
KIBERA WOMEN FOR PEACE & FAIRNESS
this is a great idea.let everybody be involved in this cause and we shall all be change-makers.morale
Hello from the University of California, Irvine! This is a most necessary and inspiring effort, I wish you all of the best. Women’s empowerment!