Tag: Gender Norms
Influence of Gender Role Expectations on Gender-Based Violence among Women of Reproductive Age in Turkana County, Kenya

Influence of Gender Role Expectations on Gender-Based Violence among Women of Reproductive Age in Turkana County, Kenya

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Kaaman Phibia Erot, James Sankale and Violet SimiyuThe Catholic University of Eastern Africa, KenyaEmail: phoebeerot@gmail.com Abstract: Gender-based violence remains a major public health and human rights concern, with cultural beliefs and practices shaping gender relations and women’s vulnerability to violence. This study examined the influence of gender role expectations on gender-based violence among women of…

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Sociocultural Practices and Senior School Transition: Pastoralist Community Perceptions in Turkana County, Kenya

Sociocultural Practices and Senior School Transition: Pastoralist Community Perceptions in Turkana County, Kenya

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Joshua Napoco, Cyrus Muhanga & Hellen OpingoMasinde Muliro University of Science and Technologynapoco78@gmail.com/ muhanga88@gmail.com/ opingohellen@gmail.comhttps://orcid.org/0009-0003-5351-6852https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6451-5799 Abstract: Pastoralist communities in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs), particularly in the Turkana County, have extremely low transition rates between junior and senior secondary schools despite significant national initiatives of expanding access to education in Kenya. This research attempted…

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