The fight against Gender Based Violence in Kikuyu Sub County got a boost on Sunday the 9th of April 2017, when young men from Kinoo Ward chose to spread the message through a soccer tournament at Kinoo Primary School. The tournament organizers were part of a Positive Masculinities training conducted under a DKA Austria funded […]
On 2nd April 2017, the community turned up in large numbers at Kanyanjara grounds to cheer on their own in a tournament organized by youth from Sigona Ward to urge young men to embrace positive masculinities in a bid to combat the prevailing Gender Based Violence. The organizers of the tournament had undergone a Positive […]
Under the second phase of the project Women and Governance: Building the Capacity of Murang’a County Assembly Women Aspirants to vie for the 2017 General Election, CEEC with support from GIZ/CPS conducted a training of 13 women aspirants from 27th February to 3rd March 2017. To help the women have a feel of what to expect […]
Thirime Stadium in Kikuyu played host to Kikuyu Ward Positive Masculinities Tournament on 26th March 2017. The lively tournament that had fans chanting “Tuwache Ngori” which means “let’s stop causing trouble” resonated with the tournament theme of combating Gender Based Violence by embracing positive masculinities. This was under the DKA Austria funded project “Working with young […]
CEEC, with support from GIZ/CPS has been working with Murang’a County Assembly Women Aspirants since November 2016 with the aim of strengthening their capacity to vie for the 2017 General Election. This is under the project, Women and Governance: Building the Capacity of Murang’a County Assembly Women Aspirants to vie for the 2017 General Election. […]
Under phase 2 of the project Women and Devolved governance: Building the capacity of Murang’a County Assembly Women Aspirants to vie for the 2017 General Elections, CEEC with support from GIZ/CPS carried out a five days’ training of 13 women from Murang’a who are aspiring to become Members of the County Assembly (MCAs). The aspirants […]
The month of February saw the continuation of the second mass voter registration exercise that officially came to a close on Sunday, 19th February 2017. The exercise saw an increase in the number of young people who have registered, thanks to the concerted efforts of leaders who have been traversing the country sensitizing the public. The […]
The Umoja 2 Sauti Mtaani ambassadors are keeping Sauti Mtaani alive. Some of the activities the team, led by their MCA Kingsley Odida are using to do this are clean ups and sports. During the month of February 2017, the team held one such clean-up and a basketball clinic. These events were used to raise […]
From 31st January to 3rd February, CEEC conducted a Positive Masculinities training for 26 Kikuyu Sub-County Soccer Coaches and Managers at Victoria House, Kikuyu. The training was conducted under the DKA Austria supported project Working with Young men to Combat gender Based Violence. The participants were drawn from the five wards in Kikuyu Sub County […]
Training of Soccer Coaches and Managers: CEEC with support from DKA Austria conducted a four days’ training for soccer coaches and managers from Kikuyu Sub – County on how they can embrace positive masculinities as a way of preventing and appropriately responding to gender based violence. The training took place from 31st January to 3rd […]