Gender Perspective in Kenyan Statistics: Empowerment, Violence, Circumcision Analysis

1. Integrating a Gender Perspective into Statistics4th -7th December 2012Kampala, Uganda By Rosemary Uside Kongani National Bureau of Statistics KENYA

2. Women’s Empowerment, Gender Based Violence, and Female Circumcision 2008-09 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey

3. Women’s Employment and Earnings • Decision making • Attitudes toward Wife Beating • Gender Based Violence • Female Circumcision © 2006 Mike Wang/PATH, Courtesy of Photoshare

4. Women’s and Men’s Employment Percent of currently married women and men 15-49 employed at the time of the survey ** Omitted because based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases. Age

5. Type of Payment Percent distribution of payment type among employed women and men age 15-49

6. Control Over Woman’s Earnings Among women who received cash earnings, percent by who decides how woman’s earnings are used, reported by women 15-49

7. Comparing Women’s and Partner’s Earnings Percent of married women 15-49 who make: more, less, same or partner has no earning

8. Women’s Participation in Decision making Percent of currently married women age 15-49 who usually make specific decisions by themselves or jointly with their husband

9. Men’s Attitudes toward Wives’ Participation Percent of currently married men age 15-49 who think a wife should have the greater say alone or equal say with her husband on the following decisions

10. Percentage of women and men aged 14-49 who agree that a husband has a right to beat his wife for any of the following

11. A Husband’s Rights When Wife Refuses Sex Percent of men age 15-49 who believe that a husband has the right to certain behaviors when a wife refuses sex:

12. Experience of Physical Violence Percent of women age 15-49 who have experienced physical violence since age 15 In past 12 months

13. Women’s Experience with Sexual Violence 21% ofwomen have ever experiencedsexual violence. 12% of women had their first sexual intercourse forced against their will.

14. Spousal Violence Percent of women age 15-49 who have ever experienced violence committed by their husband/partner

15. Women’s Experience with Spousal Physical or Sexual Violence by Province Percent of women age 15-49 who have ever experienced physical or sexual violence committed by their husband/partner Eastern 33% North Eastern 34% Rift Valley 42% Western 52% Kenya 41% Central 38% Nyanza 55% Coast 33% Nairobi 24%

16. Spousal Violence and Family History of Violence Percent of women age 15-49 who have ever experienced physical, or sexual violence committed by their husband/partner Respondent’s father beat her mother

17. Degree of Marital Control by Husbands Percent of ever-married women 15-49 who report their husband or partner:

18. Female Circumcision (FGM) Percent of women circumcised, and type of circumcision

19. Female Circumcision by Women’s Age Age (in years)

20. Female Circumcision by Province Percent of women circumcised Eastern 36% North Eastern 98% Kenya 27% Rift Valley 32% Western 1% Central 27% Nyanza 34% Coast 10% Nairobi 14%

21. Female Circumcision by Age Percent distribution of women who have been circumcised by age at circumcision Age (in years)

22. Person Performing Circumcision 78% of female circumcisions are performed by a traditional “circumciser” and 20% are performed by a health professional

23. Attitudes toward Circumcision 82% of women believe that the practice of female circumcision should be stopped.

24. Challenges • Some of the selected households did not have eligible women (outside the age bracket, not there at all) • Some communities do not allow their women to be interviewed • Woman selected household that were Vacant could not be replaced • Language barrier

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