Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Kenya
The Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA-K) Kenya is a non-profit non partisan and non governmental membership organisation of women lawyers and women law students. The organization is committed to the creation of a society that is free of all forms of discrimination against women through provision of legal aid, women's rights monitoring, education and referral. FIDA (K) was started in 1985 following the third United Nations Conference on Women held in Nairobi. The FIDA (K) secretariat was established in 1991. The vision of FIDA Kenya is to help create a just society that is free from all forms of discrimination against women by reason of their gender or their being female. Realizing that women play and active and significant part in development of our society and form the majority of Kenya's population and yet they face major systematic obstacles that prevent them from full enjoyment of their rights and privileges. FIDA (K)
- Offers quality legal services to a limited number of women
- Creates awareness of legal rights and educates women on how to claim them through self representation in court
- Researches, monitors and reports women's rights violations
- Lobbies and advocates for the reforms of laws and policies that discriminate against women
- Undertakes transformative public interest litigation whose impact can lead to amendments in discriminative laws
Contact:
Patricia Nyakundi
Acting Executive Director
Tel: +254-20-3870444/3873511/3869956
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