Ruth Mumbi has been nominated for this years Front Line Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk. The award is to recognise outstanding contributions made by human rights activists. Ruth is one of six nominees selected from a total of 90 nominations.
Two of her fellow nominees are currently in prison. Congratulations go to Ruth.
Her work has included mobilisation of women around the new constitution in Kenya. She has also focused on the rights of women farmers and their communities in Kenya, facing threats from armed thugs in the process.
About Ruth Mumbi
Ruth Mumbi from Kenya is a passionate community mobiliser, and Read More
WE ARE THE SOLUTION is a Pan African women campaign for food sovereignty and women access to resources. The WE ARE THE SOLUTION campaign sisters organized a brilliant conference in March 2013, Dakar Sénégal. Four (04) african rural women leaders engaged debate with their mate on issue of peasant seeds, women in agriculture, land grabbing and agro ecological practices for food sovereignty.
The conference took place during FIARA, an international agricultural fair. Over 100 Farmers Organization, NGO from various countries and government representatives attended the event. At the end of the conference several organized expressed their interest to be Read More
It is almost a week since the March 4th national general elections conducted by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and the presidential results are yet to be released. There is an impatient and restless atmosphere in the country. On this fateful day, it is about three in the afternoon and people are slowly trickling into the church hall that doubles up as a community hall in Mathare’s Stage 10 area.
The weather is chilly and virtually every patch of ground damp from the erratic rainfall this time of the year. Some women are already seated griping Read More
Fahamu is establishing a sex worker leadership initiative (SWLI) for sex worker rights activists based in Eastern and Southern Africa.The outcome of the proposed SWLI will be a strengthened sex worker movement in Eastern and Southern Africa able to translate their desired impact into concrete action plans, within which they are able to articulate theories of change, identify and engage allies as well as implement effective, innovative strategies using a diversity of tools.
Based on in-depth learning needs assessment with participants, the sex worker rights movement and global sex worker rights initiatives, we have developed a training curriculum dubbed
The Pow Wow that will guide Read More
Across the country, pockets of Kenyans are determined to use video to protect their democracy during the March 4th elections. Bukeni Waruzi just returned from training these activists and citizen journalists, and here’s what he taught them.
The brutality of December 2007 came as a surprise. Kenya has suffered bouts of electoral turbulence before, but that month’s elections led to unprecedented violence: killings, rapes, lootings, attacks on civilians, and massive displacement. Historically peaceful, Kenya devolved into violence that caught many unprepared—including human rights activists who were unable to use video to document the magnitude of what was happening.
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Fahamu is distinctively placed as a Pan-African organisation supporting and working collaboratively with social movements over the long term. It comprises a core team of highly skilled and experienced staff and is seeking to recruit a dynamic Executive Director to manage that dedicated team and spearhead the execution of Fahamu’s mid-term and long term strategies, especially the completion of the organisation’s transition from the United Kingdom to Africa.
Applicants should send a cover letter explaining their interest in the position, what they can bring to the job and indicating earliest availability, curriculum vitae and the names and addresses (including telephone, and email addresses) of Read More
Fahamu seeks to recruit a dynamic, organised, motivated and results-oriented individual for the position of programme officer of the Sex Worker Leadership Initiative working under the Adilisha programme. The position is based in Nairobi, Kenya with partnerships with networks and activists in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Duties and Responsibilities
· To provide a supportive, enriching training and care-based environment; where the trainees are respected and encouraged to dream, to develop their potential as organisers, think creatively and develop exciting visions for change in their lives, organisations and communities;
· To contribute to the development of a cadre of sex worker leaders who feel confident, competent Read More
Fahamu is seeking to recruit a dynamic Finance and Operations Manager to be in charge of the institution’s annual budget and lead the finance and operations staff based in Kenya, Senegal and the United Kingdom. We are particularly interested in hearing from suitably qualified candidates and citizens of Kenya.
Our organisation is Pan African. Our focus is Africa. Our work is focused on increased democratisation of political, social and economic spaces creating meaningful change based on a people-centred progressive agenda. The working environment is fast-paced, multi-cultural and supportive. The job is complex, challenging and multi-faceted.
The Manager of Finance and Operations reports to the Executive Director and Read More
December 5, 2012 (Nairobi) – Well known entertainers, media personalities and sports men and women in Kenya, including Nameless, Just a Band, DNA, Mbusii, Millicent Mugadi, Kobi, Gado and several others have added their names to the growing number of supporters of the people’s petition calling on African governments to deliver on the promises they made at the African Union.
The promises include ways of improving women’s rights, ensuring democratic governance, and food security in Africa.
The Kenyan celebrities joined the State of the Union’s campaign–Play for the Union– by signing the petition calling on the Kenyan government and other African governments who have not Read More
The State of the Union (SOTU) is a coalition of ten civil society organisations that advocates for the ratification, domestication and implementation of key African Union (AU) treaties and legal instruments. They range from governance, political, social and economic rights, to peace and security and development.
Fourteen of them – ten legal instruments and four policy standards – if implemented, have tremendous promise for the lives of millions in Africans.
As part of its commitment, SOTU conducts bi-annual research to review country compliance and status of implementation of the selected AU instruments and policy standards. The first State of the Union compliance reports were published Read More