Our Focus Areas
Legal Empowerment and Advocacy
This is one of CTWOO’s most prominent focal areas, dedicated to defending human rights and establishing systemic legal protections for marginalized women and children.
Widowed Persons Protection Bill
Family Law and Rights Education
Paralegal Training & Legal Aid
Human Rights & CEDAW Alignment
Legal Empowerment and Advocacy
Widowed Persons Protection Bill
We are spearheading and advocating for legislative changes in Kenya to legally shield widowed persons from deep-rooted discrimination and property dispossession.
- Among other matters, the Bill proposes:
(a) the establishment of a specialised framework of rights for Widowed
Persons;
(b) protection against harmful cultural practices, unlawful evictions,
disinheritance, and property grabbing;
(c) institutional mechanisms for access to justice, psychosocial support, legal aid, research, and public awareness;
(d) the establishment of the Widowed Persons Protection Board:
(e) structured data collection and mainstreaming of widowhood issues within
national and county planning frameworks; and
(f) consequential amendments to the Law of Succession Act to align
succession law with constitutional principles of equality, dignity, and non-discrimination.
Legal Empowerment and Advocacy
Paralegal Training & Legal Aid
We are providing immediate legal aid to widows facing injustices. We also progressively train and graduate widows to become community paralegals who can defend others. Upon graduation, these individuals become certified community paralegals. Positioned at the grassroots level, they serve as frontline defenders who can identify early signs of rights violations, offer preliminary legal advice, and mediate local conflicts before they escalate.
To ensure that every widow receives the highest standard of holistic care, we actively refer cases to like-minded organizations and strategic legal partners.We work closely with legal defense organizations such as the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) to ensure widows have access to robust courtroom representation, specialized legal clinics, and extensive human rights networks. By collaborating with FIDA and other trusted allies, we extend our reach, close the gaps in access to justice, and ensure that every widow has a powerful, united front standing behind her.
