WEmpower Strategy

Our strategy towards access to health equity for LBQT+ persons is informed by the voices and lived experiences of the LBQT+ community in Western Kenya. Because, we're here to make the world a better place, our strategy is based on feminist ethics entrenched in the African Feminist Charter,
self, collective care and accountability. We empower LBQT Persons in Kisumu, by ensuring that safe spaces do not degenerate into sites of intersectional oppression and/or undermining of other women but rather comprehensive wellbeing spaces.

Create a safe space of trust and solidarity
Start with the concrete experiences of LBQT+ persons daily lives
Use stories, art, theater, and other ways to generate open-ended questions that promote critical and creative thinking and deepen understanding about power
Promote learning by doing, connecting to concrete problems and practical solutions
Prioritize reflection, dialogue, and action as the primary way to learn
Recognize the need to challenge assumptions and probe alternatives
Share information and terms that enable participants to name what they are experiencing and identify the global forces behind the local and personal
Tap into LBQT+ persons sense of hope, inspiration, and joy
Provide time for self-care and personal renewal
We use the Process of Empowerment model to inform the ways in which we think through power, access to power, and the resources that are needed for LBQT+ persons to access comprehensive wellness and therefore, health equity.

Our Feminist Ethics

Our work and organizational principles are informed and guided by the African Feminists Charter.

ADVOCATING for openness, transparency, equality and accountability in all of our work.

EXERCISING accountable leadership, including taking into consideration the needs of others for self-fulfillment and professional development.
USING POWER and AUTHORITY responsibly, and collectively managing self and collective hierarchies of power with respect for all concerned.
WE BELIEVE that feminist spaces are created to empower and uplift women in all their diversities and we work to ensure that safe spaces do not degenerate into sites of intersectional oppression and/or undermining of other women but rather comprehensive wellbeing spaces.

Mental Health Promotion- Safety ,Psychosocial skills, support, fulfilment and contribution
Economic Empowerment
Socio-political consciousness and awareness
Community Strengthening and Action (CSA)