Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organization (MYWO) is a non-profit voluntary women's organization with a mission to improve the quality of life of the rural communities especially women and youth in Kenya. MYWO is managed from the Headquarter by an elected governing body and employed staff, the organization has branches in every administrative unit of the country, more than 25,000 group affiliates and, over 4 million individual members.




MYWO implements programs that are in line with her mission and are designed to improve services to women and the larger community. Secondly, engage the government effectively to improve service delivery and formulate policies that bring about improvement. Our projects include :
Peace Building and Conflict Resolution
Women and Development
Civic Education
Gender Equality
Gender & Governance
Our Vision:
"A society in which all women have equal opportunities, and are empowered to make choices in matters that directly affect them socially, economically and politically."
Our Mission:
"To nurture and empower women through various capacity building interventions that promote women’s rights, sustainable livelihoods and political standing in the Kenyan society."
Maendeleo Ya Wanawake is a member of the National Steering Committee that partnered with the Women Situation Room Kenya. The Women Situation Room Kenya (WSR-Kenya) aimed at mobilizing, harnessing and...
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Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organization membership is open to all women from the age of 18years. Kindly go to the membership column for more information.
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For current job postings, kindly go to our facebook page, like it and you will be able to view the positions. You can also share your views with us on...
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Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organization would like to hear from you. You can reach us through the telephone numbers provided or on our short code sms number 2345. We will be...
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Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organization launched a peace book- Women and Conflict. Strengthening the Agenda for Peacebuilding in Kenya on 23rd November 2012.
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