Beyond recognition: Mapping the fight for intersex rights and representation in Kenya Mar 25, 2025 Avid Readers’ Forum By Michelle Ivy Maena [1] Kenya has taken remarkable strides in championing gender equality and eradicating discrimination, with the Constitution in Article 27…
The International Criminal Court and Africa Mar 24, 2025 Avid Readers’ Forum Joshua Kipyego Fwamba On Wednesday, March 5, 2025, the Avid Readers’ Forum hosted a significant webinar on the relationship between the International Criminal…
Avid Readers’ Forum Activity Report Mar 19, 2025 Avid Readers’ Forum Kabarak University In 2019, I proposed starting a forum for reading and discussion to impact students and faculty members at Kabarak Law School and cultivate…
The evolution of gender parity in Kenyan political representation: Where did the rain start beating us? Mar 18, 2025 Avid Readers’ Forum By Joan Jebiwot Kiptui With the 2027 elections coming up, the question of gender equality is intensifying by the day. This is exemplified with the looming…
Analysing the International Criminal Court’s seemingly binary definition of gender Mar 18, 2025 Avid Readers’ Forum By Ruth Jebet Kiplagat* The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (2002), under Article 7(3) provides that the definition of gender in the Rome Statute…
Feminism In a Gender-Fluid World: Is the Gender Movement Overshadowing the Feminist Movement? Mar 07, 2025 Avid Readers’ Forum Stephanie Saina- Final Year Law Student For decades, the feminist movement has been a cornerstone in the fight for women’s rights, gender equality, and the dismantling of…
Can An African Man Be a Feminist? Legal Perspectives on Feminism, Masculinity, And Feminist Masculinity Mar 05, 2025 Avid Readers’ Forum Teresia Wanjiku-Final Year Law Student In African societies, the relationship between masculinity and feminism has long been contentious, especially due to the strict and…
Transgender rights and recognition: Embracing a third gender in Kenya? Feb 18, 2025 Avid Readers’ Forum Esther Mwikali Somba, Finalist Law Student at Kabarak University Law School Various scholars agree that there is no one way of determining an individual’s gender.[1] Leneck thinks that gender is a grammatical term…
Globalisation And the Evolving Discourse on Sexualities in Africa Feb 18, 2025 Avid Readers’ Forum Victory Kanana, Finalist Law Student, Kabarak University Law School While the concept of sexualities in Africa remains a debated concept, one thing is certain. The perspectives of sexualities have evolved…
Criticising Judges: A Lawyer’s Professional Responsibility Feb 12, 2025 Avid Readers’ Forum Prepared by George Skem, Student, Kabarak Law School & Session Rapporteur and edited by Ruth Jebet. The Avid Readers’ Forum (ARF) conducted a session on 12 February 2025 to discuss the duty of lawyers to criticize judges based on an…
Feminism In a Gender-Fluid World: Is the Gender Movement Overshadowing the Feminist Movement? Feb 12, 2025 Avid Readers’ Forum Prepared by George Skem, Student, Kabarak Law School & Session Rapporteur and edited by Ruth Jebet. For decades, the feminist movement has been a cornerstone in the fight for women’s rights, gender equality, and the dismantling of…
An African Feminisms reading of Mazrui's 'The black woman and the problem of gender' Feb 01, 2025 Avid Readers’ Forum Melissa Mungai I was honoured to inaugurate this year’s Avid Readers’ Forum conversations as the Lead Reader, on a theme dear to my African Feminisms…