A blog post from Nyaboke Omwega, Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Anthropology and member of the GCRF CDT. My research on gender discrimination (Transport as Gendered Employment Practice in Kenya) has led me to look at Kenyan history. It is impossible to discuss female leadership in Kenya without discussing Wangari Maathai (1940-2011). Internationally, she was […]
On the 4th January 2021 an event dubbed as a “Research Dissemination Exhibition”, was launched at the Makerere University Art gallery. Read our interview with the artist and PhD candidate: Could you tell us a bit about yourself? I am an applied sculptor and Lecturer at the College of Engineering, Art, Design and Technology (CEDAT) […]
Prior to joining Durham University in 2019, Nyaboke worked in International Development in Sub-saharan Africa in the areas of HIV, Maternal and Child Health as well as Gender mainstreaming since 2011. She has a strong focus on Behavior Change program development and implementation.
Nyaboke holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Millsaps College, USA and a Master of Public Health from Jackson State University, USA.
Department of Anthropology
TRANSPORT AS A GENDERED EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
This interdisciplinary research project is being conducted in response to a series of DFID-funded ReCAP studies indicating that gender bias continues to be widespread in the transport sector despite lip service to gender mainstreaming. It is hypothesized that women’s lack of visibility in the transport sector contributes to continued male dominance of transport and transport operations as well as real and perceived women’s safety. The research aims to interrogate key factors impacting opportunities for women’s employment and career development in Sub-Saharan Africa’s transport sector, identify perceived barriers to skills acquisition and employment prospects, query if higher visibility of women in the transport sector would lead to more gender sensitive practice and explore how women’s aspirations in the sector can be expanded and enhanced.
Kenya
Prof Gina Porter (Department of anthropology)
Prof David Toll (Department of Engineering)
Dr Claire Dungey (Department of Anthropology)
Prof Christos Venter (University of Pretoria)
Dr Ariane de Lannoy (University of Cape Town)
