EMPOWERMENT AND AUTONOMY OF WOMEN
Kuga Na Gwika is a movement that focuses primarily on the empowerment and autonomy of women and the improvement of their political, social, economic and health issues. In addition, it is essential for the achievement of sustainable development. In all parts of the world, women are facing threats to their lives, health and well- being as a result of being overburdened with work and of their lack of power and influence. In most regions of the world, and particularly in Africa, women receive less formal education than men, and at the same time, women’s own knowledge, abilities and coping mechanisms often go unrecognized. The power relations that impede women’s attainment of healthy and fulfilling lives operate at many levels of society, from the most personal to the highly public. Through various forums and media outlets, Kuga Na Gwika, has over the years of its existence, strived to create awareness and find solutions to these unique challenges women face everyday.
Our History
Throughout the world workforce, women remain vastly underpaid. Among full-time workers, women earn far less for every dollar a man earns. If part-time workers were included, the gap would be even wider, since women are more likely to work reduced schedules, often in order to manage childbearing and other care giving work.
Our Mission
Achieving change requires policy and program actions that will improve women’s access to secure livelihoods and economic resources, alleviate their extreme responsibilities with regard to housework, remove legal impediments to their participation in public life, and raise social awareness through effective programs of education and mass communication. Kuga Na Gwikahas partnered with various entities and Governing authorities to piece together programs and practical initiatives that can be adopted by every women group in any culture across the globe. In addition to improving the status of women, these programs and initiatives also enhances their decision-making capacity at all levels in all spheres of life, especially in the area of sexuality and reproduction. Experience shows that population and development programs are most effective when steps have simultaneously been taken to improve the status of women.
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