About Us
The Federation of Women Lawyers is a non- profit, non-partisan membership organization committed to the creation of a society that is free from all forms of discrimination against women. Membership to FIDA Kenya is open to Kenyan women lawyers and women law students. The organization was started in 1985 after the 3rd United Nations Conference on Women held in Nairobi. Currently, there are more than 600 registered FIDA Kenya members. As the oldest women rights organization in Eastern Africa has over the years curved itself a niche as a fearless defender of women’s rights at the international, national and local level.At the local level, FIDA Kenya is connected to the local woman through its aid clinics and community action groups that have empowered to grass ‘root’ women rights at the municipal levels. At the national level, FIDA Kenya is connected with like-minded players with whom it shares practices and innovations. These include strategic institutions of government through which FIDA Kenya exerts policy and practice influence. FIDA Kenya has a long-term working relationship with parliament and the judiciary and in recognition of its contribution to women rights struggles, FIDA-Kenya sits in a number of strategic committees situated within the government. FIDA Kenya uses these spaces to influence transformation change for indigent woman at national level. At the international level, FIDA-Kenya is recognized foremost as an African actor in the area of women empowerment. FIDA Kenya enjoys special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and observer status with the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights. FIDA Kenya uses these international spaces to bring pressure to bear on the Kenya policy makers in favour of marginalized women.
Our Vision is a just society that is free from all forms of discrimination against women
Our Mission is to ensure that women are free from all forms of injustices based on gender, sex, class, ethnic origin, physical disability, and religious beliefs.
Our Values
- Women centred - putting women first
- Professionalism - professionalism in relationships and dealings with clients, ensuring client confidentiality and excellence
- Empowerment - empowering women, staff, the membership and stakeholders
- Integrity - conducting all business with utmost honesty, integrity, transparency and accountability
- Teamwork - a firm belief in mutual respect for each individual and teamwork
- Learning organization - learning from experience and through innovation, always seeking to improve
