Jane Anyango Explained

Jane Anyango Odongo is a Kenyan activist for peace and for women's and girls' rights.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] She is a grassroots activist and peacemaker, residing in one of the largest slums in Kenya. She is known for mobilizing hundreds of women who helped mitigate post election violence in the elections of 2007 and 2013. Her strategy included using women's influence on the men causing the violence, her slogan ' get the fighting men to stop the violence'.She is the founder and director of the Polycom Development Project, which empowers girls and young women in the Kibera slum area.[6] The project focuses on topics such as hygiene, climate change, cohesion, grassroots organzining, amongst others.[7] Her main outcome in the long run is to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goal 10, reducing inequalities.In 2010 Peace X Peace organisation gave her its Community Peacebuilder Award.[8] In 2016 she was one of four women invited to University of San Diego for two months on its annual Women PeaceMakers scheme.[9]

Early life and career

Born in Nairobi, Kenya March 17, 1970, Anyango moved to Kibera in 1989. In response to the violence resulting from the 2007 Kenyan Presidential election, Anyango organized women in Kibera to protest against the violence. Shortly after, the organization "Kibera Women for Peace" was created.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Slum woman with a big heart. 1 August 2017. Standard Digital. 10 April 2011.
  2. News: Orlale. Odhiambo. Jane Anyango – Community activist mobilises slum women in peace building. 1 August 2017. Kenyan Woman. 1 December 2014.
  3. Web site: Jane Anyango Odongo, Global Peace Ambassador, key note speaker. Female Wave of Change. 1 August 2017. 6 February 2017. 2 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170802010124/http://www.femalewaveofchange.com/jane-anyango-odongo-speaker-at-the-wave/. dead.
  4. Web site: Jane Anyango – Kenya. iVOW:Voices of Women. 1 August 2017.
  5. Web site: Jane Anyango. Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice. University of San Diego. 1 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170818094110/http://www.sandiego.edu/peace/institutes/ipj/women-peace-security/women-peacemakers/profile.php?name=jane+anyango&country=kenya. 18 August 2017. dead.
  6. Web site: Our Team. Polycom Development Project. 1 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170828115541/http://polycomgirls.org/our-team/. 28 August 2017. dead.
  7. Web site: Interview with Polycom’s Jane Anyango on gender inequality and women and girls’ engagement in Kenya – Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP). 2021-04-16. gcap.global.
  8. Web site: 2010 Community Peacebuilder: Anyango Jane Odongo. Peace X Peace. 1 August 2017. 23 November 2010.
  9. News: USD's 'Women PeaceMakers' offer messages that hit home. 1 August 2017. The San Diego Union-Tribune. 1 October 2016.

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