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The female "husband" (the "mother-in-law") carries on the family name and property, while the female "wife" (the "daughter-in-law") bears children, with the intention of having a son. The female "husband" may be widowed, but may also have a living male husband, but he will not be a father to the female "wife's" children, and the identity of the ...
The history of the evolution of the traits of women in Kenya can be divided into Women within Swahili culture, Women in British Kenya, and Kenyan Women post-Independence. [3] The condition and status of the female population in Kenya has faced many changes over the past century. Kenya was a British colony from 1888 until 1963. [4]
In The English Historical Review, Emily Rutherford writes, "Manion is sensitive to the part that female husbands played in shoring up white, imperial heteronormativity: showing how a respectable working-class identity was much less available to African-American female husbands, and how female husbands participated in a genocidal settler ...
Female-female marriages within the Nandi culture have been reported, [46] although it is unclear if they are still practiced, and only about three percent of Nandi marriages are female-female. Female-female marriages are a socially approved way for a woman to take over the social and economic roles of a husband and father.
In Kenya, according to government data from 2022, more than one-third of women ages 15 to 49 have experienced physical violence by a husband, intimate partner or someone else.
Polygamy is common among traditional communities in Kenya, as well as among the country’s Muslim community. [ 3 ] In parliament, the proposed 2014 polygamy bill had initially given a wife the right to veto the husband's choice, but male members of parliament overcame party divisions to push through a text that dropped this clause. [ 4 ]
#36 A Mother Repairs The Family Car While Her Husband Is Away At War, 1944. Image credits: ... #42 The Women Demonstrate What Could Be Purchased For $1.34 In 1918 And 1945. ... Kenya, 1988. Sarah ...
Feminism in Kenya concerns the organized efforts to improve the rights of the girls and women of Kenya. [1] The modern feminist movement, which took off in the early 1960s and also in the 1970s, gained impetus through the establishment of various organisations such as Maendeleo Ya Wanawake (Women’s Progress) [ 2 ] and Kenya Women’s ...