Effectiveness of legal and institutional frameworks for the implementation of UNSCR 1325 in preventing post-election violence in East Africa. The case of Kenya.
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UNSCR 1325, Post Election Violence, Liberal feminist theoryAbstract
The purpose of the study was to establish the gaps in the legal and institutional frameworks for the implementation of UNSCR 1325 in preventing post-election violence in Kenya. The study was underpinned by the liberal feminist theory. The study adopted mixed reach methodologies including qualitative and quantitative approaches. The target population comprised women living in Kibra Sub County, women groups involved in peacebuilding, area ward administrators, local chiefs and individual women who were victims or had first-hand experience of PEV of 2007/08. The study adopted stratified random sampling to select individual women living in Kibra Sub County to participate in the study. The study also adopted purposive sampling to select women groups involved in peacebuilding, area ward administrators, and local administrative chiefs. Snowball sampling was adopted to identify women who were victims or had first-hand experience of PEV in 2007/08. The study used questionnaires, Key Informants Interview and Case narratives to collect needed information. In analyzing qualitative and quantitative data, content analysis and simple descriptive analysis were done respectively. The established a number of legal and institutional frameworks that have aided the implementation of UNSCR 1325 in Kenya including Kenya National Action Plan, National Steering Committee (NSC) on peace building and conflict management, the National Gender and Equality Act (2011), the Constitution of Kenya (CoK) of 2010, the National Cohesion and Integration Act (2008) and Vision 2030.
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