Maendeleo Ya Wanawake

Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organisation (MYWO) is a women's NGO that deals with issues to do with women's rights and gender equity in Kenya.[1] It was founded in 1952 by a group of European women and was then under the umbrella of the Department of Community Development and Rehabilitation.[2] It has approximately 600,000 groups contributing to a total membership of about two million women. Phoebe Aisyo served as the first African chairperson of the organization.[3] It is currently chaired by Rahab Mwikali Muiu and has various agendas in its mission statement, including maternal, child health and family planning and training women in leadership and development.[1]

Historically it was promoted by the British during their colonial rule over Kenya and helped provide services only for those against the Mau Mau anti-colonial uprising.[4]

Ruth Habwe served as secretary general of the organization from 1968 until 1971.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Maendeleo Ya Wanawake". www.maendeleo-ya-wanawake.org. Maendeleo Ya Wanawake. Archived from the original on 2007-02-17. Retrieved 2007-01-14.
  2. ^ Wipper, Audrey (December 1975). "The Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organization: The Co-Optation of Leadership". African Studies Review. 18 (3): 99–120. doi:10.2307/523724. JSTOR 523724.
  3. ^ "Pioneer of 'Maendeleo ya Wanawake' who broke the glass ceiling".
  4. ^ Manji, Firoze (2002). "The missionary position: NGOs and development in Africa" (PDF). International Affairs. 78 (3): 567–583. doi:10.1111/1468-2346.00267. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-11.
  5. ^ Kathleen E. Sheldon (2005). Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5331-7.


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