CREAW (Centre for Rights Education and Awareness)

The Centre for Rights, Education and Awareness (CREAW) is a registered, feminists, non-profit women’s rights organization with a vision of “A transformed and Just global society”. The Mission of the organization is “To champion, expand and actualize women’s rights”. CREAW has created a niche in championing women rights in Kenya, through the use of bold, innovative and holistic interventions for the realization of women’s rights.

In the theory of change, CREAW believes that social transformation can happen through a shifting of social norms and practices that curtail the realization of women’s rights. This is done through legislative and policy advocacy, activism, public awareness, public interest litigation and innovative research. The desired change should be evident in attitudes, knowledge, skills, levels of awareness, behavior and health at personal, family, communal and societal levels.

In CREAW’s views, change requires a catalyst. As that catalyst, CREAW sees its role as lying in: Civic engagement, mentorship, dismantling patriarchy, seeking accountability at all levels, awareness raising, working through smart networks and movement building, broadening and deepening knowledge, inclusiveness and constant innovation. CREAW’s values are based on one fundamental principle of “Love’ actualized through it’s values:- Integrity, Professionalism, Passion, Innovativeness and Synergy. CREAW’s programs are thus anchored on enthusiastic lobbying and advocacy to support the interest of the constituents who are the women and children of Kenya. These programs include; Access to Justice for disadvantaged women and children, Governance and Leadership and Sexual and Reproductive health program for women and girls..

Thus, CREAW programs aim is to:-
1. Create public awareness and sensitize society on women’s rights; to respect, defend and uphold women human rights as well as promote equal rights of women.
2. Promote the opportunities for women in the political and educational fields as well as in industry, business and in their professions.
3. Generate new knowledge through innovative research and to reform policy and debate on women human rights1
4. Strengthen institutional capacity to perform its functions.