Affirmative action and gender equality in zimbabwe draft constitution. Various provisions highlights how the issues of affirmative action have been acknowledged. Affirmative action has been practiced in all three countries since the early 1990s, but there. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The focus of this article is affirmative action to put some of this aspiration into practice, looking at interventions used by universities in kenya, uganda and tanzania to enhance womens access to university education. By elina omwoha the constitution of kenya, 2010, seeks to repudiate the historical exclusion of women from the mainstream society, thus, creating a freedom for women to maneuver their way both in the private and public globe on an equal footing with men. More than sh25 billion has been disbursed to women and youth across the country, through the four government affirmative action funds. It begins with an examination of the basis and meaning of the concept, and how it is used in the current. The twothirds gender rule in kenya catherine kaimenyi. National government affirmative action fund ngaafmeru county. Youths perceptions on the influence of youth empowerment.
Tinomudaishe chinyoka is a respected lawyer and regular columnist for nehanda. National government affirmative action fund ngaafmeru. It takes a comparative look at affirmative action in general. Reservations 30 per cent affirmative action policy for women, youth and persons with disabilities in public procurement, national youth services capacity building initiatives and the kenya. It is thus opportune to take stock, not only of the. Kenyan government disburses sh25 billion to women and. Kenyan government disburses sh25 billion to women and youth. Introduction the year 2009 marked 10 years since south africas affirmative action aa legislation of 1998 took effect.