Huqa, Josephine (2020) Gender and Diplomacy in Africa: The Case of Kenya. Masters thesis, Hekima University College.
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Abstract
This is a research on gender and diplomacy in Africa with a focus on Kenya. Kenya created the ministry of foreign affairs in 1964 with the responsibility to recruit competent men and women to implement Kenya’s foreign policy goals. However, the gender gap in Kenya’s Foreign Service is glaring especially in top ranking positions. This has been attributed to incompatibility of family obligations and demands of diplomacy. This study was concerned about how men and women diplomats experience their profession to unearth professional challenges that cause women to shun diplomacy profession. The study used cross-sectional research design utilizing questionnaire and interview methods. The results of the study show a moderate association between gender and perceptions of diplomacy being gender sensitive with male participants highly rating diplomacy as gender sensitive profession. Female participants reported frequent occurrence of unfair treatment from colleagues of the opposite sex, X2 (2, N = 31) = 11.93, p = .003. The two finding point at highly patriarchal nature of Kenyan diplomacy. Other findings include moderate association between years of service and confidence occupying high positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and leading diplomatic missions. These finding would be beneficial to diplomats, women desiring to join diplomacy, policy makers at the ministry of foreign affairs, and scholars. As a consequence, the results of this study may offer guidance in the implementation of gender mainstreaming policy in Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and organizations that conduct diplomacy. I recommend that women with many years of service be increasingly promoted to positions of ambassadors to help bridge gender gap in Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CD Diplomatics. Archives. Seals D History General and Old World > DT Africa |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Geoffrey Obatsa |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Dec 2020 13:42 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Dec 2020 13:42 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/9624 |
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