Mary Wambui Kanyi holds a BA in Religious Studies and Anthropology from Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN, USA, Master of Arts (MA) Degree in Social Cultural Anthropology from Ball State University, IN, USA. She is currently pursuing her PhD in women’s leadership at the University of Nairobi – African Women Studies Centre (AWSC). She is also a gender expert and specializes in mainstreaming gender and women in development policies and programmes and gender responsive policy analysis.  Kanyi joined the women’s movement in 1998 just after the defeat of Hon Phoebe Asiyo’s affirmative action motion. This was a moment when Kenyan women were determined to push for the critical mass women’s representation in decision making institutions, particularly the national assembly.        Read More