"Keep doing something. The act of doing will give you courage" Grace Ogot A tribute to The First Anglophone female Kenyan writer to be published (1964) and one of the first members of parliament
WEmpower Programmes Coordinator and Research Director, Founding Member, Lets Be Tested Queens CBO(Western Kenya LBQT Feminist Forum ) and Co Lead Investigator E4UBU Study 2021-2023),Rebecca Odhiambo, is the #AIDS2024 recipient of the Women Girls and HIV Investigators prize presented by H.E the Global Alliance Patron and Spouse of the Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa (left)
About WEmpower
Women Empower and Mentor All CBO is a LBQT+ persons led feminist organization that aims to empower and promote health equity for LBQT+ persons in Kisumu, Kenya. Through feminist participatory research, mental health awareness and programming, and advocacy, we strive to create greater access to comprehensive well-being. Our organization is committed to supporting LBQT+ individuals by providing resources, education, and a safe space for personal growth and empowerment.
Our guiding principles
WEmpower is Guided by the concept of comprehensive wellbeing and seeks to respond to the social determinants of health (SDOH) experienced by LBQT+ persons, including: the conditions in which they are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of their daily life, including policy, politics, and law.
In alignment with the World Health Organization’s definition of the social determinants of health, we focus on forces that shape the daily lives of diverse women, such as economic policies and agendas
Mission
Our mission is to support the empowerment of LBQT+ in all their diversities in order to improve their comprehensive well being, including: emotional, financial, psychological and social well being.
Vision
Creating the conditions for LBQT+ persons in all their diversities to access empowerment on their own terms. Creating these conditions through research, programming, advocacy, and creating safe feminist spaces
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WEmpower centers creating greater access to comprehensive wellbeing and empowerment for LBQT+ persons in all their diversities. Our comprehensive approach to wellness is informed by our Process of Empowerment Model, and because LBQT+ persons health status is systematically different than other populations, our work is informed by a health equity lens focusing on SDG #3 on good health and well being,SDG 5# on gender equality and SDG#10 on reduced inequalities
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Kenya's Commitments to the Generation Equality Forum
core values
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Safety and well-being for All
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Accountability to self and others
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Inclusivity in all aspects of life
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Integrity as matter of principle
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Feminism in all its entirety
“I want to live in a liberated intersectional society. As long as inequality and discrimination exists, I cannot be satisfied with the life that we are forced to live. "
-Malebo Sephodi
Jomo Kenyatta Highway,Kisumu
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International Aids Society
Collaborators
Institute for Research on Women and Gender
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