Kenya

In Kenya the organizations supported by KIOS have contributed to the improvement of the situation of women and girls, increased the slum dwellers right to clean and healthy environment and decreased the discrimination against sexual and gender minorities.

Economic development without human rights for all

Kenya’s economic growth has been significant in the recent decades. The new Constitution encompasses widely human rights for all. However, the positive development hasn’t reached all Kenyans. A notable number of the population don’t have secured income, sufficient education or an equal position in the society. For instance the realization of the rights of women and children, sexual minorities and slum dwellers is often lacking. Development has been especially slow in Northern Kenya where measures are needed to ensure primary education and quality health care for all.

Security threats and culture of impunity

Terror attacks, mainly attributed to al-Shabaab, have increased the general insecurity in the country. Counter terror measures have also led to serious human rights violations, and especially Somali refugees and Kenyan Muslims have been targeted. Furthermore, security legislation in Kenya has been tightened and police given wider powers. The government has also tightened its grip of the civil society and accused the local organizations of acting as international agents.

Strong Kenyan civil society

Kenya has strong civil society which does versatile work for human rights. KIOS supports organizations working in local communities in Nairobi, Kisumu and Mombasa, and in the Counties of Garissa and Samburu. The organizations seek to increase the human rights awareness and participation of the local people. KIOS also supports initiatives that seek to strengthen the national legislations and influence decision makers in order to make human rights a reality.

Projects (65)

  • Kenya
  • 2003–2006
  • St. John´s Community Centre

Paralegal Training and Human Rights Awareness in Kamkunji

24,806 €
  • Kenya
  • 2003–2005
  • St. John´s Community Centre

Promotion of Human Rights in Kamukunji

30,000 €
  • Kenya
  • 2003–2005
  • Organisation for the Survival IL-Laikipiak Indigenous Maasai Group Initiatives

Paralegal Training and Human Rights Awareness

15,800 €
  • Kenya
  • 2005–2007
  • Family Mediation and Conciliation

Training Project on Women’s Human Rights for Peace and Development

29,300 €
  • Kenya
  • 2005–2007
  • Independent Medico-Legal Unit

Rehabilitation of Torture Victims

30,000 €
  • Kenya
  • 2005–2007
  • Hakijamii (Economic and Social Rights Centre)

Promoting People-Based Advocacy for Economic and Social Rights in Kenya

45,900 €
  • Kenya
  • 2006–2007
  • Youth Alive! Kenya

Juvenile Justice Project

32,900 €
  • Kenya
  • 2006–2009
  • St. John´s Community Centre

Human Rights Awareness and Capacity Building

31,700 €
  • Kenya
  • 2007–2009
  • Young Widows

Strengthening Sexual, Property and Inheritance Rights Among Young Widows and Orphans

7,600 €
  • Kenya
  • 2007–2009
  • Independent Medico-Legal Unit

Torture Documentation and Rehabilitation Project for the Most Vulnerable

88,100 €
  • Kenya
  • 2007–2009
  • Youth Alive! Kenya

Juvenile Justice Project Phase II

45,500 €
  • Kenya
  • 2007–2010
  • Hakijamii (Economic and Social Rights Centre)

Promoting People-Based Advocacy for Economic and Social Rights in Kenya Phase II

75,900 €
  • Kenya
  • 2007–2008
  • Family Mediation and Conciliation

Training Project on Women’s Human Rights for Peace and Development

36,000 €
  • Kenya
  • 2008–2010
  • Independent Medico-Legal Unit

Torture Documentation and Rehabilitation Project for the Most Vulnerable

97,990 €
  • Kenya
  • 2008–2009
  • Youth Alive! Kenya

KIOS – Youth Alive! Kenya Partnership Programme

10,000 €
  • Kenya
  • 2008–2009
  • Family Mediation and Conciliation

Advocacy for Women’s Rights, Gender Equity and Children’s Rights

44,700 €
  • Kenya
  • 2009–2011
  • Amani Communities Africa

Capacity Building for Grassroots Women’s Rights Groups in Kenya, Maasai and Meru Communities

104,200 €
  • Kenya
  • 2009–2011
  • Youth Alive! Kenya

Juvenile Justice Project

98,300 €
  • Kenya
  • 2009–2010
  • Kistrech Theatre Club

Human Rights Education for Students and Teachers in Areas Worst Hit by Post Election Violence

9,600 €
  • Kenya
  • 2009–2013
  • Youth Alive! Kenya

KIOS – Youth Alive! Kenya Partnership Programme

23,000 €
  • Kenya
  • 2010–2012
  • Hakijamii (Economic and Social Rights Centre)

Promoting People-Based Advocacy for Economic and Social Rights in Kenya Final: Creating Linkages among Social Movements as an Exit Strategy

81,900 €
  • Kenya
  • 2010–2011
  • Kistrech Theatre Club

Human Rights Education to Students and Teachers

15,200 €
  • Kenya
  • 2010–2013
  • Independent Medico-Legal Unit

Advocating for a Better Legal and Policy Framework to Combat Torture and Violence against Women in Kenya

85,400 €
  • Kenya
  • 2010–2012
  • Gay Kenya Trust

Capacity Building for the LGBTI Rights Advocacy in Kenya 

9,000 €
  • Kenya
  • 2010–2012
  • Kamukunji Paralegal Trust

Paralegal Training and Support on Human rights, Laws and Legal Procedures (Phase Two) 

9,500 €
  • Kenya
  • 2011–2013
  • Association of Media Women in Kenya

Promoting women’s rights and gender equity within the context of Kenya new constitution through awareness creation using community radio listening groups in Kwale and Kilifi Counties

27,500 €
  • Kenya
  • 2011–2015
  • Youth Alive! Kenya

Juvenile Justice Project

41,900 €
  • Kenya
  • 2011–2013
  • Regional Organization on Resource Based Conflicts RBC Network

Conflict Prevention and Peace Building from a Human Rights Perspective

18,500 €
  • Kenya
  • 2012–2015
  • Youth Alive! Kenya

Partnership Programme: Year 3 (2012-2013)

48,000 €
  • Kenya
  • 2012–2016
  • Gay Kenya Trust

Breaking the Myths: Acknowledging, Tolerance and Sensitivity for LGBTI Persons in Kenya

27,700 €
  • Kenya
  • 2012–2013
  • Kistrech Theatre International

Empowering Students and Teachers with Human Righst Skills

42,900 €
  • Kenya
  • 2012–2014
  • Coalition for Peace in Africa

Enhancing women’s understanding of their women human rights

43,600 €
  • Kenya
  • 2012–2015
  • Rieko Kenya

Eliminating the Practice of FGM in Migori County

24,700 €
  • Kenya
  • 2012–2015
  • Hakijamii (Economic and Social Rights Centre)

Promoting the implementation of the constitution through policy and legislative advocacy in Kenya

91,800 €
  • Kenya
  • 2012–2015
  • Kamukunji Paralegal Trust

Community Paralegal Trainings and Support on Human Rights, Laws and Legal Procedures (Phase Three)

29,900 €
  • Kenya
  • 2013–2015
  • Association of Media Women in Kenya

Strengthening access to information and up-scaling of peace, human rights and gender equity through awareness creation using media in Kwale and Kilifi Counties

59,900 €
  • Kenya
  • 2013–2014
  • Haki na Sheria Initiative

Towards justice for victims of gross human rights abuse in Northern Kenya

19,500 €
  • Kenya
  • 2013–2014
  • KISORA Self Help Group

Human Rights and Forced Eviction Project

9,000 €
  • Kenya
  • 2014–2016
  • Keeping Alive Societies Hope

Expanding the human rights spaces for the benefit of female and male sex workers in Kisumu through enlightening gatekeepers and target populations

19,800 €
  • Kenya
  • 2014–2015
  • Samburu Women Trust

Enhancing Human Rights of Indigenous Girls Samburu Community

23,400 €
  • Kenya
  • 2014–2016
  • Kistrech Theatre International

Providing Human Rights Education to Students and Teachers

36,800 €
  • Kenya
  • 2015–2016
  • Haki na Sheria Initiative

Power to the people: enhancing poor pastoralist communities access to justice and participation in their governance

53,100 €
  • Kenya
  • 2015–2016
  • Samburu Women Trust

Enhancing Human Rights of Indigenous Girls and Women in Samburu Community

51,000 €
  • Kenya
  • 2015–2016
  • Kamukunji Paralegal Trust

A joint project of KAPLET’s Health & Human Rights Advocacy Project in Kenya and Community Paralegal Training & Support on Human Rights, Laws & Legal Procedures

35,600 €
  • Kenya
  • 2015–2016
  • Center for Justice Governance and Environmental Action

Media as a tool for the realization of environmental justice and socio economic rights in Kenya

25,200 €
  • Kenya
  • 2015–2016
  • KISORA Self Help Group

Human Rights and Forced Eviction Project Phase Two

37,800 €
  • Kenya
  • 2016–2017
  • Keeping Alive Societies Hope

Consolidating and strengthening the human rights gains made for female sex workers’ and MSMs’ sake in Kisumu

35,100 €
  • Kenya
  • 2016–2017
  • Center for Justice Governance and Environmental Action

To promote the participatory rights and the right for the clean and healthy environment of the communities negatively affected by natural resource extraction in the coastal region of Kenya

59,200 €
  • Kenya
  • 2017–2018
  • KISORA Self Help Group

Governance and Human Rights Project

27,900 €
  • Kenya
  • 2018–2019
  • InformAction

Enhancing Women’s participation in County Governance in Kenya

64,500 €
  • Kenya
  • 2018–2020
  • Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU)

Enhancing Prevention and Response to Torture, Violence and Discrimination among Vulnerable Women and Youth in Kenya

110,700 €
  • Kenya
  • 2018–2019
  • National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC)

Enhancing Access to Justice for Sexual & Gender Minorities in Kenya

63,600 €
  • Kenya
  • 2018–2019
  • Persons Marginalized and Aggrieved in Kenya (PEMA Kenya)

Beyond Inclusion Project

37,500 €
  • Kenya
  • 2019–2020
  • Center for Justice Governance and Environmental Action

Promoting an all-inclusive approach principle (rights to participate) to protection and empowerment of grassroots’ environmental rights movement

46,600 €
  • Kenya
  • 2019–2021
  • KISORA Self Help Group

Equality and Non-Discrimination of Women’s Land Rights Project

48,800 €
  • Kenya
  • 2020–2021
  • InformAction

Strengthening Women’s Engagement with their County Governments to Enhance Democratic Processes

119,200 €
  • Kenya
  • 2020–2022
  • Persons Marginalized and Aggrieved in Kenya (PEMA Kenya)

Defending Human Rights (“Kulinda Haki na Usalama” Project)

79,300 €
  • Kenya
  • 2020–2022
  • National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC)

Enhancing Access to Justice for Sexual & Gender Minorities in Kenya

105,000 €
  • Kenya
  • 2021–2022
  • Center for Justice Governance and Environmental Action

Avenues for access to environmental justice and effective remedies as a tool to uphold socio-economic rights in Kenya

64,100 €
  • Kenya
  • 2021–2022
  • Haki na Sheria Initiative

Power to the people: Empowering poor communities in Garissa on land rights in the context of LAPSSET project

23,400 €
  • Kenya
  • 2021–2022
  • KISORA Self Help Group

Governance and public participation project

27,600 €
  • Kenya
  • 2022–2024
  • Center for Justice Governance and Environmental Action

Procedural Environmental Rights as a tool for environmental justice and socio-economic rights

96,600 €
  • Kenya
  • 2022–2024
  • Persons Marginalized and Aggrieved in Kenya (PEMA Kenya)

Protection of Rights and Safety project

75,300 €
  • Kenya
  • 2022–2023
  • Haki na Sheria Initiative

Power to the people: Empowering poor communities in Garissa on land rights in the context of LAPSSET project

26,600 €
  • Kenya
  • 2023–2026
  • National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC)

Access to justice for sexual and gender diverse minorities in Kenya

172,398 €

News (21)

28.09.2023
News
Kenya

Right Livelihood Award to Phyllis Omido from KIOS long-term grantee CJGEA

Phyllis Omido, the founder and Executive Director of our long-standing grantee, the Center for Justice Governance and Environmental Action (CJGEA), is one of this year’s Right Livelihood Laureates. Omido is being honoured for her efforts in protecting the environmental and land rights of East African communities.

22.06.2023
News
Kenya
Uganda
Sri Lanka
Other countries

LGBTIQA+ Activists in the Spotlight during Helsinki Pride Week

During Helsinki Pride Week LGBTIQA+ activists from the Global South will give their own perspectives of the situation in their countries. On Wednesday 28 June activists from Kenya and Sri Lanka will be live on Instagram. On Thursday 29 June there will be a live screening of the documentary Under the Kenyan Rainbow and a discussion with activists from different parts of Africa in Helsinki.

05.08.2022
News
Kenya

Elections in Kenya are being waited with bated breath

The elections to be held next week have already increased the amount of fake news spreading online. Kenya has often seen violence after the election results. The organisation that reports on election violence says that it is especially concerned about the violence directed at the demonstrators by the police.

09.02.2011
News
Kenya

KIOS – YAK Partnership Programme: Encouraging Outcomes from the Evaluation

KIOS – Youth Alive! Kenya Partnership Programme has been a success from the point of view of its stakeholders: KIOS, YAK and the participating groups, points out an evaluation carried out recently. The evaluation recommends that KIOS and YAK continue implementing the Programme also in the future.

15.09.2009
News
Kenya

Youth Alive! Kenya and KIOS launch a new partnership programme

Youth Alive! Kenya and KIOS have rolled out a new partnership programme that aims to identify and support community based human rights groups to harness their full potential and become key human rights actors in their region and ultimately nationally.

01.06.2009
News
Kenya

FAMEC is Bringing Women’s Rights Home in Kenya

Communities and their rules affect Maasai women’s life much more than Kenyan legislation. The communities follow patriarchal traditions, due to which women are not expected to participate in community decision-making.

15.11.2008
News
Kenya

Odindo Opiata: “Are we working for people or with people?”

Economic and Social Rights Centre Hakijamii is one of the few organizations in Kenya promoting economic and social rights. Hakijamii aims to promote the rights of slums’ inhabitants in Nairobi and Kisumu among others by training, campaigning and doing information work.

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