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Climate Smart
10/22/2025

Harvesting Resilience: Women Building a Future Beyond Drought

Learn how women in Kajiado County are building climate resilience through climate-smart agriculture, water conservation, and cooperative support systems under the FAIR for ALL Project.

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Economic
10/23/2025

Leading Change: Women Take Their Place in Cooperative Governance

Discover how grassroots women in Kajiado County are transforming cooperative governance through leadership training, transparent management, and democratic participation under FAIR for ALL.

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Bead work
Economic
10/22/2025

Beads and Beyond: How Women Turned Tradition into Enterprise

Explore how Maasai women in Kajiado are transforming traditional beadwork into sustainable enterprises, preserving cultural heritage while creating economic opportunities through FAIR for ALL.

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Certification
Economic
10/22/2025

From Pennies to Power: How Women in Ewuaso Are Building Financial Independence

Discover how women in Ewuaso, Kajiado County are transforming their lives through Village Savings and Loan Associations, financial literacy training, and cooperative development under FAIR for ALL.

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Food Nutrition
10/22/2025

Growing Strength: Indigenous Vegetables Bring Nutrition and Income

Explore how women in Kajiado County are reviving African Leafy Vegetables to address malnutrition, create income opportunities, and promote sustainable agriculture through the FAIR for ALL Project.

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Economic
Economic
10/22/2025

From Savings Groups to Cooperatives: A New Chapter for Women in Iloodokilani

Learn how women in Iloodokilani transformed informal savings circles into registered Multi-Purpose Cooperative Societies, gaining access to credit, markets, and formal leadership roles.

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Food Nutrition
3/3/2025

Reviving Traditional Nutrition: The Role of ALVs in Food Security and Women’s Empowerment

In many rural communities across Kenya, traditional African leafy vegetables (ALVs) have long been a staple in household diets, offering high nutritional value and resilience in harsh climatic...

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Livelihood
2/28/2025

Empowering Rural Women Through Livelihood Learning Centres

Introduction In the heart of Kajiado County, the Rural Women Network (RWN) is transforming lives through its Livelihood Learning Centres (LLCs). These centres, established in Ewaso, Kikonyokie, and...

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Leadership
Livelihood
2/24/2025

Strengthening Grassroots Leadership: How Mutual Capacity Strengthening Initiative is Driving Change

The Rural Women Network (RWN) is committed to empowering rural women and strengthening grassroots leadership for sustainable development. Through the Mutual Capacity Strengthening (MCS) Initiative,...

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Food Nutrition
9/15/2024

African Leafy Vegetables: A Sustainable Solution to Food Security

Explore how African Leafy Vegetables are addressing malnutrition, creating income opportunities, and promoting sustainable agriculture in rural Kenya.

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Training
Livelihood
6/15/2024

Passing the Baton: Youth Joining the Movement for Change

Discover how young people in Kajiado County are joining their mothers in climate-smart agriculture, entrepreneurship, and cooperative leadership, ensuring intergenerational continuity and innovation.

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Bead work
Economic
4/1/2024

Beadwork Value Chain: Empowering Women Through Artisanal Craft

Discover how the RWN Beadwork Value Chain Initiative is creating sustainable economic opportunities for over 1,000 women in Kajiado County while preserving Maasai cultural heritage.

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Climate Smart
1/15/2024

Localizing the SDGs: Empowering Rural Women as Development Partners

Discover how RWN is empowering grassroot rural women by localizing Agenda 2030 and positioning them as powerful partners in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Climate Smart
10/15/2022

Building Climate Resilience: Indigenous Women Lead the Way

Learn how indigenous Maasai women in Kajiado are adapting to climate change through climate-smart agriculture, rainwater harvesting, and community-led initiatives.

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