The Commission has received the commitment of the national government to mainstream sign language and brailling of information materials across ministries, departments and agenc....

The Commission is in talks with the Makueni county government to provide technical support on a raft of programmatic areas including the development of a guiding tool for Sexual....

The Commission and the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender affairs have committed to collaborate as both seek to ensure equality, inclusion and nondiscrimination of all....

Chairperson Dr. Joyce Mutinda, Vice Chairperson Dr. Muriithi Chomba and Commissioner Hon. Priscilla underwent a successful 3-day intensive induction program in Naivasha where th....

Chairperson Dr. Joyce Mutinda led Commissioners in touring the Nakuru regional office where she held discussions with staff and promised to increase support to the regional offi....

New Chairperson Dr. Joyce Mutinda has vowed to champion the course of the boy child and other special interests groups as she steers the Commission into another transformative p....

A raft of far reaching recommendations emerged during the 11th session of the conference of states parties to the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities (CRPD)

The Commission attended the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Ageing that took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York between

The National Gender and Equality Commission joins the rest of the world in commemorating the Day of the African Child (DAC) 2018. The African Committee of Experts on the Rights ....

Women continue to be discriminated against their right to own land according to a new report by the Kenya Land Alliance. The Kenya Land Title Issuance Disaggregated Data Analy....

The National Gender and Equality Commission joins the rest pf the world as we observe the International Women’s Day 2018. International Women's Day celebrates the soci....

The National Gender and Equality Commission is aware of the Constitutional Petition No. 8 of 2017 filed at Machakos filed by Dr. Tatu Kamau who alleges that prohibition of FGM f....

The National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) is established pursuant to Articles 59 (4) and (5) of the Constitution and operationalized through the National Gender and Equ....

The Independent Accountability Panel (IAP) launched its second report on Monday at UN Headquarters in New York. The theme of this year’s report was 

The National Gender and Equality Commission has observed incidences and utterances in the public domain that irrefutably border on blatant gender based violence and most of it d....

The National Gender and Equality Commission is appalled by the spiraling wave of violence following the just concluded General elections. We note that the worst affected are vul....

The National Gender and Equality Commission has been monitoring closely the participation of special interest groups in the General Elections both as voters and as candidates. W....

PRESS STATEMENT-JULY 28, 2017

PARTICIPATION AND INCLUSION OF SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS

Members of the fourth estate

We....

A report released by the Kenya Institute of management on board diversity in publicly listed companies indicates that representation of women in boardrooms has gone up to 21% in....

The National Gender and Equality Commission wishes to draw attention to the provisions of Article 90 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 regarding the election for the seats in pa....