NGEC: Don’t lower the age of consent for sex
Suggestions to lower the age of consent for sex from 18 to 16 years met stiff opposition during a multi-sectoral consultative forum to discuss child welfare. The Commissio....
NGEC to monitor title deed issuance to ensure women benefit
The Commission will continue monitoring implementation of legal provisions, policy frameworks and initiatives that seek to ensure comprehensive integration of the principles of ....
Plans to launch inclusive public transport system mooted
The Commission has held high level talks with industry players in the transport sector in a bid to promote the development of a transport system that is inclusive and accessible....
Call for alternative strategies to implement two thirds gender principle
Cabinet Secretary Ministry of public service, youth and gender affairs Prof. Margaret Kobia called for an alternative strategy in ensuring the realization of the not more than t....
Betty Nyabuto sworn in as Commission Secretary
Betty Sungura Nyabuto is now the substantive Commission secretary after taking oath of office in an elaborate and solemn ceremony presided over by Chief Justice David Mara....
CS Betty Nyabuto : Inclusion key to success of Devolution
The Commission is calling on elected leaders at the county level to promote gender equality and inclusion of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) in political decision making for the ....
NGEC makes presentation on Women Empowerment at CSW 63rd Session
The Commission attended the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of women at The UN General Assembly in New York where Commissioners participated in the expert group mee....
Regional offices step up coordination activities
NGEC regional offices in Kisumu, Nakuru, Garissa, Kitui and Malindi offices stepped up their coordination activities with various stakeholders that saw them take lead in nationa....
Betty Nyabuto appointed Commission Secretary
After close to five years without a substantive Commission Secretary, the Commission has finally recruited Ms. Betty Sungura Nyabuto to head the NGEC secretariat following a com....
NGEC at the sixth annual Devolution Conference
In keeping with tradition, the Commission took part in the 6th Annual Devolution Conference that took place in at Kirinyaga University Grounds in Kirinyaga University
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Back to the drawing board on art. 100 and two thirds gender bills
On February 27, 2019, the two thirds gender bill was lost following a quorum hitch in parliament despite sustained lobbying initiative to marshal the numbers. This was the fourt....
Parliamentary committee tours Commission
The Parliamentary departmental committee on labour and social welfare visited the Commission in a series of high level engagements strategy planned by the Commission. The Commit....
LOSS OF MOTION ON THE CONSTITUTION OF KENYA (AMENDMENT) BILL 2018
PRESS RELEASE- February 27, 2019
LOSS OF MOTION ON THE CONSTITUTION OF KENYA (AMENDMENT) BILL 2018
The National Gender and Equality Commission has followed ke....
Boosting SGBV Database through partnership
The Commission will partner with Equality Now to expand the database on reported cases of Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage in Counties where the organization has pre....
NGEC in watershed case over equality of MCAs
The Commission has filed a petition with the High Court of Nakuru seeking the determination on a matter in which the Nakuru County Assembly passed and adopted a report of the Co....
NGEC seeks enhanced role at international reporting stage
Ahead of the sixty third session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63) 2019 the Commission has begun discussions with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human....
NGEC and KEPSA in partnership talks
The Commission and the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) Gender & Youth Sector Board have agreed to strengthen cooperation and establish a collaborative research initiat....
NGEC pays tribute to late Jane Kiano
The Commission has eulogized former Maendeleo ya Wanawake Chairperson and Patron the late Jane Mumbi Kiano as an
NGEC welcomes Ethiopia President’s election
The Commission has welcomed the election of Sahle-Work Zewde - the first female President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia describing the development as a seminal ....
Two Thirds Gender Bill to be Thrashed Out
The Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) No. 4 Bill of 2018 also known as the Duale 2 Bill is set to undergo fine tuning before coming up for second reading in the National Assembl....