Education and Training: Advantaging the Level of Women’s Legislative Participation in Kenya

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  • Mokua Ombati Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya

https://doi.org/10.17583/generos.2017.2754

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This study examines data on the patterns, nature and extent of women’s legislative representation in Kenya and considers the role of education in increasing their participation. The main objective is to determine the status of women within the legislative assembly since Kenya gained independence in 1963 and explore the link between legislative representation, gender, and educational level and achievement. The study attempts to answer the question: Does education and training encourage women’s legislative participation? It concludes that more gender equality in education and training increases the chances of women participation in legislative leadership positions in Kenya.

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Mokua Ombati, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya

Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology and Human Ecology of Moi University, and adjunct lecturer in the School of Arts and Social Sciences of Maasai Mara University, Kenya

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Ombati, M. (2017). Education and Training: Advantaging the Level of Women’s Legislative Participation in Kenya. Multidisciplinary Journal of Gender Studies, 6(3), 1463–1482. https://doi.org/10.17583/generos.2017.2754

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