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To promote gender equality and equity through training, research, advocacy and mentoring by providing expert service on gender issues to students, staff and the community.

Vision

To become a center of excellence in gender mentoring issues for the attainment of gender equality and equity.

General objectives

To promote gender equality and equity and enhance performance by providing expert advice and services on gender issues to students and staff of JKUAT and the community.

Specific objectives

To conduct short training courses which will enhance the understanding of gender issues.

To engage outreach programmes and advocacy in gender related issues through public lectures, short courses, seminars, workshops and mass media.

To assist both men and women to recognize and understand their complementary roles in society through mass media, public lectures, seminars and workshops.

To establish a resource center for information on gender issues.

To provide consultancy and counseling on gender and related development issues.

To offer mentoring programmes as a basic tool in achieving maximum performance.

To provide short academic programmes in gender and development studies.

To develop knowledge and strategies for the advancement of gender equity, skills and capacity in gender analysis.

To facilitate links between the university and like minded institutions and persons.

To conduct research in gender issues within the university and advise the university accordingly for better service delivery.

To facilitate gender mainstreaming in all sectors of the university.