Gender Equity and Political Leadership in Kenya: The Two-Thirds Gender Rule in Perspective

• In Event: Gender Quotas

Brief Overview

Women are underrepresented in political leadership in Kenya. The paper examines the institutional and societal challenges and opportunities of realizing the constitutional two-thirds gender rule towards gender equity in Kenya’s political leadership.

Authors

• Mercy Kaburu, United States International University - Africa

• Carolyn Logan, Michigan State University