Women Political Alliance – Kenya (WPA-K) works across communities to promote inclusive development, strengthen grassroots voice, and advance social and environmental justice. Our programming in this area is built around three interconnected pillars:

WPA-K grounds its work in the lived experiences of women and girls at the grassroots. We support community-based organizing, intergenerational dialogue, and local civic action that centers women’s voices in development, governance, and public service delivery. This includes mobilizing citizens to claim their rights, shaping inclusive local decision-making spaces, and ensuring that leadership is accountable and responsive to all.

Through our current work under the Inclusive Legislatures for Gender-Responsive Policies (ILGRP) initiative, WPA-K has facilitated structured citizen engagement forums, such as the recent Makueni Constituency Dialogue, which brought together women leaders from all wards, Members of Parliament, and County Assembly representatives. These engagements resulted in community-owned constituency action plans, prioritizing access to water, maternal healthcare, girls’ education, rural electrification, GBV response, and women’s economic empowerment. Community focal points were elected to ensure continued follow-up and coordination.

We also lead efforts to end harmful practices such as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) by promoting community-led advocacy models, engaging traditional and religious leaders, and supporting alternative rites of passage. Our work recognizes that the fight against FGM is not only a health and rights issue, but a matter of justice, dignity, and intergenerational transformation.

WPA-K recognizes that climate change disproportionately affects women, especially in fragile and resource-scarce regions. We work to ensure that climate adaptation and resilience efforts are inclusive, community-led, and responsive to gendered vulnerabilities. This includes civic education on climate justice, strengthening women’s participation in environmental governance, and advancing dialogue around land, water, and livelihood security. We advocate for climate policies that protect ecosystems while safeguarding the social and economic rights of women and marginalized communities.

As part of this work, WPA-K is partnering with the University of Nairobi’s Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Hub to incubate women-led collectives into sustainable social enterprises. These enterprises promote value addition, local manufacturing, and climate-conscious production, allowing women to engage in environmentally sustainable economic activities that build both income and resilience. By anchoring livelihoods in circular and locally rooted economies, this work contributes to a just transition that centers women’s agency in responding to climate and economic challenges.

WPA-K takes a rights-based approach to addressing systemic inequalities that affect women and vulnerable communities. We work to ensure that governance systems are inclusive, transparent, and responsive to the needs of those often excluded from decision-making. Our work includes community education on rights, promoting gender-responsive budgeting, and engaging duty bearers to address service delivery gaps.

WPA-K is committed to feminist organizing and grassroots accountability as a foundation for systemic change. In partnership with the World March of Women, we work to strengthen collective analysis and movement-building among women leaders and rights defenders. Through joint activities such as the Power Analysis Trainings, we have supported participants to unpack systems of power and oppression, sharpen their political strategies, and connect personal experiences to broader structural advocacy.