Awino Okech

thumb|Awino Okech 2010 Dr. Awono Okech is a Kenyan academic, based at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), where her "teaching and research interests lies in the nexus between gender, sexuality and nation/state making projects as they occur in conflict and post-conflict societies". Quotes I am attentive to power in knowledge production and transfer processes and explore these dynamics through my methodological and pedagogical choices" From her biography at SOAS university of London How people experience the impact of harmful laws that criminalise behaviour is directly impacted by their racial, gender, and class positioning in [their] societies.”= cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk You cannot think about being a woman only from the perspective of being a woman. On Intersectionality and Identity on May 26, 2021 The work that we should be doing is to excavate, to rethink the very robust and broad ways that our societies understood gender. On Reclaiming African Histories of Gender and Sexuality on May 26, 2021 My feminist politics evolved from childhood as I was raised in a family of strong women. Her journey into feminism I continue to be involved in civil society activism on women's rights and believe in fusing academic research and 'practical' activism. On Activism and Research External links SOAS University of London Profile Linkedin Profile African Feminist Forum Category:Living people Category:Feminists Category:Women authors from Kenya Category:Women academics from Kenya