Seven weeks working ‘pro bono’ with a charity

January 22, 2016
Posted by: kewopa
Categories: Business plans, Uncategorized

Many businesses, large and small, have a huge source of great ideas that can help them improve, innovate, and grow, and yet so many of these companies never think of using this amazing corporate asset. What is this highly valuable asset? Its own people. Says Morgan Fraud, the author of The Thinking Corporation, “Given that we are all capable of contributing new ideas, the question becomes how do you successfully generate, capture, process and implement ideas?” Becoming an organization capable of answering this question can benefit in a number of ways:

Growth through innovation/creativity:
Rather than be constrained by ideas for new products, services and new markets coming from just a few people, a Thinking Corporation can tap into the employees.
Increased profits:
The corporation will experience an increase in profits due to savings in operating costs as well as sales from new products, services and ventures.

Higher business values:
The link between profits and business value means that the moment a corporation creates a new sustainable level of profit, the business value is adjusted accordingly.
Lower staff turnover:
This, combined with the culture that must exist for innovation and creativity to flourish, means that new employees will be attracted to the organization.

About KEWOPA

The Kenya Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA) is a membership association of all women parliamentarians drawn from across all political parties both elected and nominated in the Senate and National Assembly.

Our Vision

Women and men are equitably represented in parliarment and decision making in public and private spheres to promote sustanable development

Our Mission

To promote the advancement of parliarmentary democracy by enhancing knowledge & understanding of democratic governance and facilitate the networking of women parliarmentarians for the socio-economic and political development of Kenya

Our Strategic Directions

To strenghthen the individual and collective capacities of members to develop gender responsive legislation and advance equality values and principles in their oversight and diplomatic roles.
To strengthen members representatives roles in order to enhance constituency development and regular interaction with the constituents on policy & community issues
To strengthen members capacities to effectively advocate for gender responsive and all inclusive political party governance
To strengthen the capacity of KEWOPA Secretariat to effectively and efficiently achieve its mandate

KEWOPA Upcoming Activities

UN Women Mentorship Project for Women Members of County Assembly & Community Leaders

KEWOPA Achievements

Legislative Function

Contributed towards the realization of the family Bills:- Marriage Act 2014 and the Matrimonial Property Act 2013 and Protection Against Domestic Violence Act
Spearheading the push for the realization of the two thirds gender principle as proposed by the Constitutional Amendment Bill 2015 (No. 4), that was previously introduced as a private members bill by KEWOPA Chair Hon. Mbarire in the National Assembly and Senator Sijeny in the Senate.
Developed gender responsive budgeting guidelines for Parliament.
Developed a Members Handbook on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Representative function

Trained over 300 women members of county assembly and community leaders on the gender responsive budgeting guidelines and political party participation under the National Democratic Institute Programme.- Why don’t we add the successes that we have achieved like the stimulus fund for Lamu, the mileage claims for Mombasa, Homabay? and 3 million budget for Nairobi county for sanitary towels.
Currently undertaking a mentorship and capacity building programme in 16 regions counties/constituencies across the country on women participation in politics under the UN Women programme that seeks to advance and encourage more women to take part in politics and run for office in accordance to the constitutional provisions of gender balance in political leadership.

Political parties function

Leadership and mentorship training for KEWOPA Members including a peer to peer mentorship program where the more experienced members mentor the first time members of parliament, a mentorship programme for women member of county assembly, as well as mentorship training for community aspiring women leaders and youth. Add our pool of mentees that we can claim.
Formation of 10 KEWOPA Chapters across the country that will support and push for increased number of women parliamentarians at the county level and the national level as well as to advocate for increased attention to issues affecting women at the county level.

Institutional strengthening function

Increased technical staff (Programmes, Finance and Administration) at KEWOPA Secretariat from 5 to 9 to support the increased number of Women Members of Parliament.

Parliament Order Paper

KEWOPA 10th Parliament Bills/Motions

The Persons with Disabilities (Amendment) Bill, 2013
The Diabetes Management Bill, 2014
The Traditional Health Practitioners Bill, 2014
The In-Vitro Fertilization Bill, 2014
The Pharmacy Practitioners Bill, 2014
The Engineering Technologists and Technicians Bill, 2015
The Access to Information Bill, 2015
Reproductive Health Care Bill, 2014 (Sen. Bill No. 17)
The Food Security Bill
The Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2014
The Employment (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No. 1 of 2015)
The County Governments (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, 2014
The National Youth Service Bill(Amendment) Bill, 2014
The Self Help Associations Bill, 2015
The National Hospital Insurance Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2015
The Natural Resources (Benefit sharing) Bill, 2014
The County Library Services Bill, 2015