A whole new world

We all remember that great song from one of the best animations Hollywood has ever made, well correct me if lam wrong but it could have been aladin.


That is how i saw the world when i got to Nairobi for an 11 months employment exchange fellowship, one would imagine it was the environment but hell no! behold it was my first week's experience at kazi, kiswahili word for job.

My day one to day three was a conference/workshop experience on the rights of women and how women are a significant variable for attainment of economic growth and development, that is why the African feminists thought it wise to come up with a common position which they will present this July in Addisababa when world leaders meet to discuss financing for development(FFD).

unlike the Millennium Development Goals(MDG's) which were 100% financed by ODA's(Official Development Assistance), there is a proposal that SDG's (sustainable Development Goals) will be mostly financed by governments and public private partnerships(PPP's)
The trillion dollar question is therefore "how will this financing affect the woman?"

There is no doubt the African woman will be affected and that is why this meeting was very important.

Me being part of it was not only an opportunity but a reason to in always advocate for the rights of women, as Hillary Clinton said at the opening of the Beijing+20 meeting "Human Rights are women rights and women rights are human rights"