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CONSULTANCY TO DOCUMENT IMPACT OF LUO CULTURE ON WOMEN’S LAND, PROPERTY AND INHERITANCE RIGHTS IN KENYA

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KELIN invites applications from competent institutions or individuals to conduct an in depth research on “The impact of Luo culture on women’s land, property and inheritance rights in Kenya”. 1.0 BACKGROUND Despite the legal and cultural provision on land and property rights for women and girls, only 1% of women in Kenya hold land in their names, the other 5% of the women population hold the titles jointly with a man. Ironically, women constitute a majority of human resources to support subsistence agriculture. Concerning cash crop production, women also provide 70% of the workforce. Although they are the backbone of the workforce, women still have a negligible percentage of land titles. The basis of this pithy disparity is attributed to discriminative customs where women are excluded from inheritance of their parents’ property. Kenya has made huge gains on legislative frameworks that abhor discrimination, yet the right holders still waive their inheritance rights in allegiance to...

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Terms of Reference for Conducting Baseline Survey

TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR CONDUCTING BASELINE SURVEY VSF Germany is an international Non-Governmental Organization, providing humanitarian aid and development assistance to pastoralists and vulnerable communities in areas where livestock is of importance. In the region, VSF Germany implements activities in Southern Sudan, Northern Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia. We Focus on Livestock, food security and Livelihoods, Natural Resources Management, Peace and Conflict, Good governance, Disasters & Emergency, and Agriculture Briefly about Marsabit Project VSF Germany has been awarded a 36 Months (1 st October 2014- September 30 th , 2017) project from the European Union’s (EU) Strengthening the Horn of Africa’s Resilience Programme – SHARE Kenya. The title of the project is Community Action for Improved Drought Response Resilience (CAIDRR) and Covers Marsabit central and Laisamis Sub-counties respectively. The overall objective of the programme is ‘ to contribute towa...