Tag: Women

Influence of Micro-Finance Credit on Livelihoods of Women Beneficiaries in Kisumu East Sub-County, Kenya

Influence of Micro-Finance Credit on Livelihoods of Women Beneficiaries in Kisumu East Sub-County, Kenya

Maureen Anyango Oluoch – School of Arts and Social Sciences, Kisii University.Dr. Lumayo Mildred Fedha – School of Arts and Social Sciences, Kisii University.Dr. George Mose – Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Murang’a University of TechnologyEmail: lumayomildred@kisiiuniversity.ac.ke/ oluochanyango5791@gmail.com Abstract: Traditionally, the benefits of microfinance credit on women recipients have been viewed solely in terms…

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An Overview of Women Enterprise Fund Uptake and Socio-economic Empowerment in Kisumu West SubCounty, Kisumu County, Kenya

An Overview of Women Enterprise Fund Uptake and Socio-economic Empowerment in Kisumu West SubCounty, Kisumu County, Kenya

Josia Alai Ongai, Dr Shanyisa M. Wilkister & Mr. Ombugu PhillipThe Catholic University of Eastern AfricaCorresponding author: josiahongai@gmail.com Abstract: Women form majority of the world’s population, two-thirds of the world’s labour, majority of uneducated and earn one-tenth of the world’s income and possess less than one tenth of global property. Efforts to empower women have…

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Knowledge, Acceptability and Barriers to Female Condom Use among Women Visiting Kisumu East SubCounty Hospital

Knowledge, Acceptability and Barriers to Female Condom Use among Women Visiting Kisumu East SubCounty Hospital

Chantal Akumuntu – Maseno University, Kenya – School of Public Health and Community Development Anna Mbangukira – Adventist University of Central Africa, Kigali School of NursingCorresponding Author: chantalakumuntu@gmail.com Received Septermber 14, 2020; Revised Septermber 26, 2020; Accepted September 27, 2020 Abstract: Women account for more than a half of all people living with HIV worldwide.…

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Household Livelihoods Survival Mechanisms and Women Enterprise Fund Up-take in Isiolo County, Kenya

Household Livelihoods Survival Mechanisms and Women Enterprise Fund Up-take in Isiolo County, Kenya

Dr. Urbanus Mwinzi Ndolo – Researcher and EIA & EA Consultant Environ-Cares Africa LtdEmail: umndolo@gmail.com Received November 16, 2019; Reviewed April 26, 2020; Accepted May 13, 2020 Abstract: The general public and government social transformation agents alike assume that all Women have equal access to Development safety-net funds. Isiolo County, though a predominantly pastoralist region,…

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