Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW)

17/08/2026

Young women living in informal settlements often face poverty, unemployment, and unequal gender norms that increase their risk of experiencing Gender-Based Violence (GBV), while limiting their access to education, skills training and decent work.

Through Jasiri Program, Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation , Maureen was enrolled in a Carpentry course at Buildher, where she gained technical skills in a traditionally male-dominated trade.

Throughout her journey, CREAW provided psychosocial support and GBV awareness, empowering her with the knowledge, confidence, and support needed to thrive. As a result, she is earning a sustainable income through carpentry, confidently navigating the workplace and using the knowledge she gained to recognize, prevent and speak out against GBV demonstrating how technical training, mentorship and holistic support can empower young women to build safer, more independent futures.

17/08/2026

17/08/2026

Jacinta Kihara turned hope into opportunity through the . With psychosocial support, financial literacy and a start-up grant, she built a thriving nail spa, barbershop and salon, now employing two people and creating a brighter future for her family.

Empowered women build stronger communities.
Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW) GROOTS Kenya Centre for Domestic Training and Development Mastercard Foundation CCGD Kenya

17/08/2026

This International Youth Day, we celebrate young women building brighter futures across different communities, circumstances and lived experiences.

They are entrepreneurs growing businesses, survivors rebuilding their lives, young women with disabilities breaking barriers and refugee young women creating new possibilities.

Their journeys may be different, but their aspirations are shared: to earn, to thrive, to be independent, to have a voice and to shape their communities.

Through skills, entrepreneurship, inclusive finance, mentorship and ecosystem support, the is helping young women turn these aspirations into action.

Different contexts. Common aspirations. One generation creating change.
Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW) GROOTS Kenya CCGD Kenya Mastercard Foundation Advocates for Social Change Kenya- Adsock

04/08/2026

CREAW seeks the support of an insurance provider to support CREAW in the overall management of the staff medical insurance scheme.

We invite qualified and experienced insurance providers to submit their proposals and partner with us in delivering a comprehensive, responsive, and reliable staff medical insurance scheme.

Interested firms are encouraged to review the full Request for Proposals and submit their applications before the deadline

🔗Learn more and apply here:https://shorturl.at/y5hXH

30/07/2026

Women and girls with disabilities face a disproportionate risk of gender-based violence, yet they continue to face significant barriers to accessing justice, psychosocial support, financial services, and economic empowerment opportunities.

To strengthen disability-inclusive programming, the Jasiri Program convened a two-day disability inclusion training in Mombasa County, bringing together CREAW staff, counsellors, community champions, and Women Rights Organisations (WROs).

Participants deepened their understanding of disability, explored the barriers faced by persons with disabilities, reflected on the legal framework protecting their rights, and developed practical action plans to ensure disability inclusion is embedded across GBV prevention and response efforts.

Building an inclusive society means ensuring that women and girls with disabilities are not only protected from violence but are also able to access justice, quality support services, skills development, and economic opportunities without barriers.

30/07/2026

The future of gender equality is built through collaboration, learning, and collective action.

This week, partners of the Renewed Women Voices and Leadership (RWVL) Programme are gathering for the Annual Partners Review Meeting (APRM)—a flagship convening that brings together implementing partners to reflect on progress, share lessons, strengthen collaboration, and chart the way forward.

Implemented across all 47 counties, the RWVL Programme is strengthening women-led and women's rights organisations through flexible funding, institutional capacity strengthening, movement building, and responsive support that enables organisations to thrive and respond to emerging realities.

Partners have engaged in critical conversations on program governance, organisational capacity strengthening, learning and evidence, MEAL, communications and strategies that will deepen our collective impact in advancing the rights of women and girls in all their diversity.

Together, we are strengthening feminist movements, amplifying women's voices, and building more inclusive, just, and equitable communities.

24/07/2026

We welcome the landmark judgment in the murder of Sharon Otieno, a significant step towards accountability and a powerful affirmation that no one is above the law.

While this verdict marks an important milestone in the pursuit of justice, it comes nearly eight years after Sharon's life was brutally cut short. Justice delayed prolongs pain, deepens trauma, and denies victims and their families the timely redress they deserve.

As we acknowledge this milestone, we also call for renewed commitment to strengthening Kenya's justice system to ensure that cases of gender-based violence are investigated, prosecuted, and concluded without undue delay. Survivors and their families deserve a justice system that is timely, survivor-centred, and accessible.

May this judgment serve not only as justice for Sharon, but also as a reminder that accountability must be swift, consistent, and unwavering in the fight to end gender-based violence.

16/07/2026

CREAW's Journey from Inception to our new Strategic Direction.
Walk with us as we take you through the milestones that CREAW has hit over the years since we were established in 1999.