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Directorate of Gender Inclusivity, Culture and Social Services

This directorate is dedicated to the development and implementation of policies and programs that promote gender inclusivity and promoting positive cultural practices.

Social Services

This sector deals with social economic issues in society by offering timely and temporary relief to members of the society who are under duress due to socio-economic or environmental factors to facilitate their recovery and ensure that their lives are moving on again after those setbacks. This includes offering food and non-food items during disasters, offering temporary shelters, especially after fire disasters, and offering help to vulnerable children, the aged, the extremely poor and disabled, the poor with chronic and terminal illnesses and other marginalized members of the society. The department has the PWD Act which establishes the PWD Fund and PWD Committee to help co-ordinate disability issues.

Priority areas of focus

  1. Mobilization of community participation in social development issues
  2. Community capacity building on women affirmative
  3. Community poverty eradication
  4. Social welfare protection for OVCs, vulnerable and the elderly

Our Functions

  1. Coordination, management and supervision of general administrative functions in the department
  2. Gender mainstreaming
  3. Disability mainstreaming and affirmative action
  4. Promote and manage programmes for children, adolescent, women, persons living with disability
  5. Designing and facilitating programmes/projects that promote gender equality in the county through a multisectoral approach;
  6. Promotion of partnership with stakeholders on gender related matters;
  7. Gender based awareness and prevention
  8. Sensitization of stakeholders within and from outside Migori County on gender related issues;
  9. Assessments, planning and Coordination of programmes for elimination of incidences of FGM and SGBV in Migori County;
  10. Development and maintenance of gender disaggregated data and management information systems;
  11. Developing, reviewing, interpreting, implementation and monitoring of gender policies in the County;
  12. Community mobilization on gender issues.

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Vision

A society free from gender inequality, while embracing gender inclusivity, Socio-Cultural and economic development for sustainable growth in Migori County.

Mission

To promote, gender equality and freedom from all harmful practices, preserve and co-ordinate diverse cultural, issues for all in Migori County.

Leadership Team

Lilian Okomo - Director - Youth & Sports
Lilian Okomo
Director -Gender Inclusivity, Culture and Social Services

Photo Gallery

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