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PROF Awino Okech's Outputs (46)

Building Transnational Feminist Alliances: reflections on the post 2015 development agenda (2019)
Journal Article
Okech, A., & Musindarwezo, D. (2019). Building Transnational Feminist Alliances: reflections on the post 2015 development agenda. Contexto internacional, 41(2), 255-272. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-8529.2019410200002

This article reflects on transnational feminist organising by drawing on the experiences of the African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) during the consultations leading up to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. First,... Read More about Building Transnational Feminist Alliances: reflections on the post 2015 development agenda.

Gender and state-building conversations: the discursive production of gender identity in Kenya and Rwanda (2019)
Journal Article
Okech, A. (2019). Gender and state-building conversations: the discursive production of gender identity in Kenya and Rwanda. Conflict, Security & Development, 21(4), 501-515. https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2019.1609762

This article advances the conceptualisation of conversations on state-building by examining gendered discourses. By focusing on specific historical moments in Rwanda and Kenya, this article analyses how ‘respectable femininities’ and ‘wayward sexuali... Read More about Gender and state-building conversations: the discursive production of gender identity in Kenya and Rwanda.

Boundary anxieties and infrastructures of violence: Somali identity in post-Westgate Kenya (2018)
Journal Article
Okech, A. (2018). Boundary anxieties and infrastructures of violence: Somali identity in post-Westgate Kenya. Third world thematics, 3(2), 293-309. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802014.2018.1502048

This article explores infrastructures of violence created by ongoing contestations around insecurity related to violent insurgency in Kenya. It draws on public discourses and policy responses emerging from the September 2013 terror attack at Westgate... Read More about Boundary anxieties and infrastructures of violence: Somali identity in post-Westgate Kenya.

The convergence and divergence of three pillars of influence in gender and security (2015)
Journal Article
Olonisakin, '., Hendricks, C., & Okech, A. The convergence and divergence of three pillars of influence in gender and security. African Security Review, 24(4), 376-389. https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2015.1090126

This article explores the convergence between three pillars of influence – feminist security studies, civil society activism and policy decision-making – and its role in the adoption and implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution (U... Read More about The convergence and divergence of three pillars of influence in gender and security.

Asymmetrical conflict and human security: Reflections from Kenya (2015)
Journal Article
Okech, A. (2015). Asymmetrical conflict and human security: Reflections from Kenya. Strategic review for Southern Africa, 37(1), 53-74. https://doi.org/10.35293/srsa.v37i1.210

This paper focuses on contemporary challenges to the human security framework through an examination of asymmetrical conflict generated by extremist insurgents, specifically Al Shabaab in Kenya. The political and security dynamics generated by extrem... Read More about Asymmetrical conflict and human security: Reflections from Kenya.