WEE HUB LAUNCHED ON 16TH DECEMBER 2020
Strengthening the economic empowerment of women
The University of Nairobi and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have launched the Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub. Dubbed the WEE Hub, the project will be a thought leader in producing cutting edge, innovative, rigorous, and accessible research which will contribute to the full realization of women’s economic empowerment in Kenya. This cutting-edge research is expected to impact policy formulation, implementation, and up scaling of what works for women in economic empowerment into full scale programs.
AWSC PHD STUDENT Alice Wairimu Nderitu appointed UN Special Adviser on the prevention of genocide
In her new role, she will not only sound the alarm over situations that may degenerate into a genocide but also leverage UN systems to stop or prevent such atrocities.
Ms Nderitu, a former Commissioner at the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC), was recently part of the Panel of Eminent Persons monitoring the Tanzanian elections.