Nurturing Young Feminist leaders

We have taken upon ourselves to nurture young feminist among pastoralist communities in horn of Africa for the purpose of shaping and positioning them for take over while we equip enable to break free from any forms of bondage that has chained them down for long. 

We do this by first studying and identifying some of the system factors which may have been disadvantaging women and young girls and afterward fronting alternative strategies and approaches which will help them in overcoming those barrier to women/girls development. 

Below are some of the systemic factors we have identified and our action plan in addressing them in our bid to expand women/girls space. 

SYSTEMIC FACTOR 

- Marginalization of adult women stemming from lack of early development Limited control over assets 

- Exclusion from decision making 

- Longer working hours 

- Victims of rape and abduction during armed conflicts 

- Limited public appointments hence no role in policy making 

- Marginalization at the national and regional level 

- Lack of fair play ground in political processes and Leadership 

OUR STRATEGIES 

-Audit of local leadership structures and fast track government’s commitment on national and international instruments. 

-Establish pastoralist women caucus 

-Strengthen and develop internal capacity of women based organizations 

-Civic education on women rights and electoral process 

-Leadership training, profiling and supporting women aspirants. 

-Provide continuous mentoring and guidance on how to articulate their issues as regards entry point to political arena.