Gender Theme: Gender Justice The Gender Component contributes to the transformation of gender relations in Kenya and the region in order to realize human rights for all members of society. Our main focus areas enhance women’s effective political participation in Kenya, challenge patriarchy and democratic rollback in the region from a feminist perspective, and amplify gender and sexual minority rights through regional networking, learning processes, capacity building, awareness creation, research and documentation of experiences of women leaders. The programme also builds knowledge and facilitates discourse on gender diversity. She Did Not Die by Accident: Mapping Femicide in Kenya (2025). Report At least 220 women and girls were killed in Kenya in 2025, most by people they trusted, and often after seeking help. The Femicide Report 2025 shows that these deaths were not accidents but the result of ignored warning signs, social silence, and systemic failure. Ending femicide requires naming it, tracking it, and acting decisively to protect women before violence becomes fatal. Faiba Kombo Offline Wounds: A Sauti Session Dialogue on Confronting Digital Violence Article hbs recently partnered with Sauti Sessions and Baraza Media Lab to spotlight the growing crisis of Technologically Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) in Kenya. Though it happens online, its impacts are deeply offline, fueling harm, trauma, and in some cases escalating to femicide. As the world marks the 2025 16 Days of Activism under the theme “UNiTE to End Digital Violence Against All Women and Girls,” the dialogue underscored the urgent need for stronger protections and safer digital spaces for women and girls. Environment Theme: Environment The Environment component operates projects and activities in the East and Horn of Africa under the umbrella of three priority areas; Climate change, Food Security, Extractive Industries. Renewable energy ideas and strategies are also considered. CSOs call for the Implementation of Kenya’s waste management laws for a just transition. Press Release On International Waste Pickers Day, CEJAD and the Heinrich Böll Foundation are calling on the Kenyan government to formally integrate waste pickers into the country's new waste management framework. Speaking at a dialogue in Eldoret, stakeholders emphasized that true implementation of the Sustainable Waste Management Act (2022) and EPR regulations is the only path to ensuring dignity, safety, and fair compensation for the thousands of workers who sustain Kenya's recycling economy. What Kenya Can Learn from Germany’s Energy Shift. Article As the climate crisis intensifies, how we produce and consume energy is under growing scrutiny. The energy sector contributes over 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with electricity and heat generation as the largest culprits. According to International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), renewable electrification of end-use sectors could mitigate at least 20% of emissions by 2050 Fredrick Njau Democracy Dialogue and Civic Spaces Kenya’s Debt Crisis: How Political Elites Turned the State into Their Debtor Analysis Kenya’s debt crisis is no longer seen merely as a result of global dependence. Behind the government bonds stands a domestic elite that has shaped the system to its own advantage. Mwalimu Mati MISSING VOICES ANNUAL REPORT 2024: ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES INCREASED BY 450% IN 2024 Press Release There are five major highlights of this year’s 2024 Missing Voices Report Enforced disappearances by police up by nearly five times from 2023 June and July were the deadliest months, same in 2023 Nairobi was the deadliest county for EJKs followed by Kiambu and Migori Less than 2% of police related EJKs are in court Most victims of enforced disappearances were neither prosecuted nor allowed to demonstrate their innocence in court of law. They have not received justice or compensation by the time of the report. International Dialogue Theme: International Dialogue Add here the beginning of the text about International Dialogue Africa’s Debt Crisis: The Complex Puzzle We Can’t (Yet) Complete Editorial Africa’s debt crisis is rapidly intensifying. Rising interest rates, climate shocks and an unfair global financial architecture are pushing many countries to the brink of default. Joe Kobuthi explains why existing debt relief initiatives fall short and which new approaches Africa needs to regain financial sovereignty. Joe Kobuthi Missing voices Annual Report 2023 | End Police Impunity Press Release On Wednesday, April 24th, 2024, the Missing Voices Coalition launched its 2023 Annual Report focused on the theme "End Police Impunity" at the Heinrich Boell Foundation, Nairobi Office. Faiba Kombo
Theme: Gender Justice The Gender Component contributes to the transformation of gender relations in Kenya and the region in order to realize human rights for all members of society. Our main focus areas enhance women’s effective political participation in Kenya, challenge patriarchy and democratic rollback in the region from a feminist perspective, and amplify gender and sexual minority rights through regional networking, learning processes, capacity building, awareness creation, research and documentation of experiences of women leaders. The programme also builds knowledge and facilitates discourse on gender diversity.
She Did Not Die by Accident: Mapping Femicide in Kenya (2025). Report At least 220 women and girls were killed in Kenya in 2025, most by people they trusted, and often after seeking help. The Femicide Report 2025 shows that these deaths were not accidents but the result of ignored warning signs, social silence, and systemic failure. Ending femicide requires naming it, tracking it, and acting decisively to protect women before violence becomes fatal. Faiba Kombo
Offline Wounds: A Sauti Session Dialogue on Confronting Digital Violence Article hbs recently partnered with Sauti Sessions and Baraza Media Lab to spotlight the growing crisis of Technologically Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) in Kenya. Though it happens online, its impacts are deeply offline, fueling harm, trauma, and in some cases escalating to femicide. As the world marks the 2025 16 Days of Activism under the theme “UNiTE to End Digital Violence Against All Women and Girls,” the dialogue underscored the urgent need for stronger protections and safer digital spaces for women and girls.
Theme: Environment The Environment component operates projects and activities in the East and Horn of Africa under the umbrella of three priority areas; Climate change, Food Security, Extractive Industries. Renewable energy ideas and strategies are also considered.
CSOs call for the Implementation of Kenya’s waste management laws for a just transition. Press Release On International Waste Pickers Day, CEJAD and the Heinrich Böll Foundation are calling on the Kenyan government to formally integrate waste pickers into the country's new waste management framework. Speaking at a dialogue in Eldoret, stakeholders emphasized that true implementation of the Sustainable Waste Management Act (2022) and EPR regulations is the only path to ensuring dignity, safety, and fair compensation for the thousands of workers who sustain Kenya's recycling economy.
What Kenya Can Learn from Germany’s Energy Shift. Article As the climate crisis intensifies, how we produce and consume energy is under growing scrutiny. The energy sector contributes over 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with electricity and heat generation as the largest culprits. According to International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), renewable electrification of end-use sectors could mitigate at least 20% of emissions by 2050 Fredrick Njau
Kenya’s Debt Crisis: How Political Elites Turned the State into Their Debtor Analysis Kenya’s debt crisis is no longer seen merely as a result of global dependence. Behind the government bonds stands a domestic elite that has shaped the system to its own advantage. Mwalimu Mati
MISSING VOICES ANNUAL REPORT 2024: ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES INCREASED BY 450% IN 2024 Press Release There are five major highlights of this year’s 2024 Missing Voices Report Enforced disappearances by police up by nearly five times from 2023 June and July were the deadliest months, same in 2023 Nairobi was the deadliest county for EJKs followed by Kiambu and Migori Less than 2% of police related EJKs are in court Most victims of enforced disappearances were neither prosecuted nor allowed to demonstrate their innocence in court of law. They have not received justice or compensation by the time of the report.
Africa’s Debt Crisis: The Complex Puzzle We Can’t (Yet) Complete Editorial Africa’s debt crisis is rapidly intensifying. Rising interest rates, climate shocks and an unfair global financial architecture are pushing many countries to the brink of default. Joe Kobuthi explains why existing debt relief initiatives fall short and which new approaches Africa needs to regain financial sovereignty. Joe Kobuthi
Missing voices Annual Report 2023 | End Police Impunity Press Release On Wednesday, April 24th, 2024, the Missing Voices Coalition launched its 2023 Annual Report focused on the theme "End Police Impunity" at the Heinrich Boell Foundation, Nairobi Office. Faiba Kombo
