Ambassador Emmy Kosgei Visit to WEE HUB

The award winning, globally celebrated gospel artiste, Ambassador Emmy Kosgei on Monday signed an agreement with the University of Nairobi Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Hub Leader Prof. Wanjiku Kabira, permitting the Hub to use her music “Taunet Nelel” as soundtrack to the Hub’s research video outputs.

The agreement was signed during a meeting held at the UoN WEE Hub offices at Kenya Science Campus chaired by Prof. Wanjiku Kabira. Kabira termed the agreement as the beginning of future partnerships geared towards the enhancement of visibility of its work output. “the Hub has adopted the use of popular –culture as an avenue for popularizing the work done by the WEE Hub as well as national Cohesion”. The use of popular culture enhances reception of complex research outputs when messages are packaged in a language that is palatable to all target audiences.

The UoN WEE Hub is a partnership between the University of Nairobi and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Domiciled at the African Women Studies and Research Centre (AWSRC) in the department of Sociology Social Work and African Women Studies. The Hub’s vision is to work towards the full realization of Women’s Economic Empowerment. The WEE Hub is a thought- leader in producing cutting-edge, innovative, rigorous, and accessible evidence through research for impacting policy formulation, implementation and up-scaling for full realization of women’s empowerment.