Our vision is to be a catalyst for positive change in the lives of Somali women through enhancing their capacity to undertake research and providing them a forum to tell their stories, to articulate their specific needs, and to exert their agency by calling for solutions that will effectively address the marginalization they experience in … Continue reading Somali Women’s Studies Centre
Kohn, S. (2011). Nationality and discrimination: The case of Kenyan Nubians. Open Society Justice. Relocated by force by the British Colonial Administration from the Nuba Mountains in Sudan, Nubians first arrived in Kenya in the late 19th Century. Today, despite having lived in Kenya for generations, they are still viewed as foreigners. At independence in … Continue reading Nationality and Discrimination: The Case of Kenyan Nubians
The RMMS Mixed Migration Summary is now available : a summary of mixed migration statistics, issues and analysis from the Horn of Africa and Yemen for the months of December 2011 and January 2012. As always trends and conditions are changing and tens of thousands of people have been on the move against a turbulent … Continue reading Regional mixed migration summary for December 2011 & January 2012
Aukot, E. (2009). Am I stateless because I am nomad? Forced Migration Review. 32. 18 http://www.fmreview.org/FMRpdfs/FMR32/18.pdf
Soil degradation is widely considered to be a key factor undermining agricultural livelihoods in the developing world and contributing to rural out-migration. To date, however, few quantitative studies have examined the effects of soil characteristics on human migration or other social outcomes for potentially vulnerable households. This study takes advantage of a unique longitudinal survey … Continue reading Soil quality and human migration in Kenya and Uganda
The pastoralist community of northern Kenya has been ravaged by both droughts and floods.
As the world undergoes rapid urbanization, a growing number of the worlds refugees is settling in large towns and cities. In Kenya, refugees are required to stay in refugee camps located in remote parts of the country. Despite this requirement, a large proportion of refugees has continued to leave the camps and settled in Nairobi. Refugees … Continue reading A Report on the Education of Urban Refugees in Nairobi, Kenya. Focus: The Sudanese Refugee Children and Youth
Welcome to Kenya: Police Abuse of Somali Refugees Based on interviews with over 100 refugees, this report, published by Human Rights Watch, documents widespread police extortion of asylum seekers trying to reach three camps near the Kenyan town of Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee settlement. Police use violence, arbitrary arrest, unlawful detention in inhuman and … Continue reading Police Abuse of Somali Refugees in Kenya, HRW