THSMUNGenderEqualityKenya

**Topic:** Gender Equality **Name:** Michelle Luo
 * Country:** Kenya
 * Committee:** SCH
 * Period:** 0

Gender equality is first and foremost a human right. In many developed countries, gender equality has been an issues for the past few decades. Women were and are able to organize activities and support groups to help women financially, emotionally and through education, to help them gain equality. Discrimination robs girls and women of the the power to make decisions, to earn a living and to be free from violence and abuse.
 * I. __A BRIEF BACKGROUND OF THE TOPIC__:**

UNESCO has stated its commitment to gender equality and women's human rights. Part of the UNESCO Constitution states that the purpose of the organization is to contribute to peace and security by promoting collaboration among the nations through education, science and culture in order to further universal respect for justice. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was created in 1979. It consists of a preamble along with about 30 articles and defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination. UNIFEM’s multi-year funding framework (MYFF) provides strategic policy and management direction for UNIFEM to increase development effectiveness.
 * II. __UNITED NATIONS INVOLVEMENT__:**

Kenya thinks that women should have equal rights as men does considering that women is mainly affected by this issue. Women still represent less than 10% in all levels of leadership and so institutions of governance continue to be based on policies and practices. This is in spite of the bridging of gaps in education attainment between women and men in Kenya. The Center for Women in Information Technology and Economic Research (CWITER) promotes the use of electronic communication to educate women's organizations and NGOs in Kenya. In 1963, when Jomo Kenyatta became the first president of the newly formed state of Kenya, the government banned all political parties other than the dominant Kenyan African National Union (KANU).
 * III. __COUNTRY POLICY AND INVOLVEMENT__:**

Kenya thinks that the best solution for gender equality is The Kenyan Women's Finance Trust (KWFT) that was established in 1981 by professional Kenyan women in banking and laws. This organizations provides women in business with the technical assistance and credit needed to establish or expand their business. So we would highly recommend other countries about starting a similar type of organization in their country.
 * V. __SOLUTIONS__:**

http://www.gendergovernancekenya.org/oldsite/rationale.php http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/ http://www.earlham.edu/~pols/ps17971/terneel/kenya.html
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