Title/Qualifications: PhD
Department: 
Sociology ,Gender and Development Studies
Contact Address: 
Kenyatta University, P.O. BOX 43844 - 0100 Nairobi.
Position: 
Executive Dean, Graduate School -Kenyatta University
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ORCID ID : http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5616-0930
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Areas of Specialization

  • Gender training and Facilitation
  • Development Studies
  • Education
  • Gender, education and development
  • Gender, policy and planning
  • Gender and health
  • Gender and reproductive health
  • Gender and human rights
  • Gender, security and governance
  • Participatory approach and citizen engagement
  • Strategic management and gender
  • Gender and governance
  • Gender, planning and policy
  • Gender based violence
  • Gender and HIV/AIDS (preventive and management)
  • Gender and policy development
  • Rural and community development
  • Gender, agriculture and development
  • Gender, environmental conservation, management and sustainable development
  • Women empowerment in social-economic development
  • Gender analysis and mainstreaming
  • Institutional management and development
  • Project planning, monitoring and evaluation
  • Community mobilization for participatory development
  • Gender, media and journalism
  • Drugs and substance abuse
  • Gender responsive social research and report writing
  • Theories in gender and development studies
  • Social research methodology
  • Gender mainstreaming, empowerment and analysis
  • Gender mainstreaming and policies

Publications

Peer Reviewed Articles in International Journals: - Four two (42)articles

  • David Minja, Elishiba Kimani, Felistus Makhamara, Edna Moi, Jackson Mdoe, Paul Gachanja, James Oringo, James Onditi, J. Kirima, (2023). Table Banking and Women Economic Empowerment in Nakuru County, Kenya: American Journal of Youth and Women Empowerment (AJYWE) ISSN: 2835-3250 (ONLINE), Volume 2 Issue 2. https://journals.e-palli.com/home/index.php/ajywehttps://journals.ku.ac.ke/index.php/KUWEE/issue/current
  • Elishiba Kimani, Hilda Makhamara (2023). Utilization of Mobile Telephones by Women in Support of Informal Business in Rural and Urban Markets in Kiambu County, Kenya. Kenyatta University Women’s Economic Empowerment (KU-WEE) Journal-Volume 1 No. 1 (2023)
  • Mwangi, W., Kimani, E., Okong’o, G., & Majale, C. (2021). Domestic solid waste management practices in an informal settlement: A gendered perspective. International Journal of Research and Scholarly Communication4(2). Retrieved from https://royalliteglobal.com/ijoras/article/view/667
  • Mwangi, W., Kimani, E., Okong’o, G., & Majale, C. (2021). Domestic solid waste management practices in an informal settlement: A gendered perspective. International Journal of Research and Scholarly Communication, 4(2). Retrieved from https://royalliteglobal.com/ijoras/article/view/667
  • Mwangi JW, Kimani EN, Masiga CO. (2020) The Influence of Gendered Access/ Control of Land and Dairy Products on Household Welfare in Murang’a County, Kenya. Journal of Advanced Research in Humanities and Social Science Volume 7, Issue 2 - 2020, Pg. No. 20-26. advancedresearchpublications.com
  • Judy Wambui Mwangi, Elishiba Njambi Kimani and Casper Operee Masiga (2020) Strategies to promote equal access and control of land and dairy products for improved household welfare in Murang’a County, Kenya. In International Journal of Research in Economics and Social Sciences(IJRESS) Vol. 10 Issue 8, August- 2020. ISSN(o): 2249-7382. http://euroasiapub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IJRESS5-Aug20-7719-1.pdf
  • Judy Wambui Mwangi, Elishiba Njambi Kimani and Casper Operee Masiga (2020) Perceptions of Men and Women on Gendered Access and Control Of Land And Dairy Products In Murang’a County, Kenya. In Global scientific Journal (GSJ): Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2020, Online: ISSN 2320-9186 http://www.globalscientificjournal.com/journal_volume8_issue7_july_2020_edition_p4.html
  • Judy Wambui Mwangi, Elishiba Njambi Kimani and Casper Operee Masiga (2020). The Status of Gendered Access and Control of Land and Dairy Products And Their Influence On Household Welfare In Murang’a County. In Addaiyan Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Volume-2: Issue-6 (June-July, 2020) https://aipublisher.org/ajahss-volume-2-issue-6-june-july-2020/ 
  • Sarah Fedha Barasa, Elishiba Njambi Kimani and Dr. Pacificah Okemwa (2018). Factors Influencing Men’s Involvement in the Prevention of Violence against Women in Nairobi City County, Kenya. In International Journal of Gender and Women’s Studies. https://doi.org/10.15640/ijgws.v6n2p7
  • Paul Kizito, Elishiba Kimani and Mildred Lodiaga (April, 2017). Ventures Within Fisheries Value Chain that Men and Women Participate in Nairobi City County, Kenya. In Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal – Vol.4, No.8 http://scholarpublishing.org/index.php/ASSRJ/issue/view/145
  • Paul Kizito, Elishiba Kimani and Mildred Lodiaga (2017). Socio-economic determinants of men and women’s participation in fisheries value chain in Nairobi City County, Kenya. In IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 19, Issue 1, Ver. X (Feb. 2014), PP 75-85. org/iosr-jhss/papers/Vol19-issue1.
  • Gorreti Wangari, Elishiba Kimani, and Dr. Geofrey Wango (2017). Challenges faced by women football players who participate in football leagues. In Journal of Developing Country Studies ISSN 2520-5307 (Online) Vol.2, Issue 1 No.2, pp 13 -35, 2017 https://profiles.uonbi.ac.ke/gwango/files/challenges_faced_by_women_football_players_who_participate_in_football_leagues.pdf
  • Gorreti Wangari, Elishiba Kimani and Dr. Geofrey Wango (2017). Factors influencing the participation of women in the local football leagues. In International Journal of Gender Studies. https://www.iprjb.org/journals/index.php/IJGS/article/view/470
  • Joan Kabaria Muriithi, Lucy W. Ngige and Elishiba N. Kimani (March, 2017). Forms and Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Experienced by Women Survivors in Shelter Homes in Kenya. In International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Vol. 7, No. 3; March 2017. http://www.ijhssnet.com/journals/Vol_7_No_3_March_2017/19.pdf
  • Elishiba Kimani (February 2015). Women’s Knowledge and Food Security. In Pathways to African Feminism and Development, Filling Granary. In Journal of African Women Studies Center. University of Nairobi. Nairobi. Kenya. (Online) Link: juonbi.ac.ke/index.php/awsc
  • Judy Mwangi and Elishiba Kimani. (January, 2015). Factors Influencing Participation of men and women in Informal Finance Groups in Gachagi Informal Settlement in Thika Sub-County, Kenya. In the International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies. ISSN 2321-9203) Volume 3. Issue 1. theijhss.com
  • Judy Mwangi and Elishiba Kimani (January, 2015). Challenges Experienced by Men and Women in Informal Finance Groups in Gachagi Informal Settlement in Thika Sub-County, Kenya. In the International Journal of Innovative Research and Development. ISSN 2278. Volume 4. Issue 1. (Online) http://www.ijird.com/index.php/ijird/article/view/57630/44981
  • Judy Mwangi and Elishiba Kimani (May 2015). Operations of Informal Finance Groups in Gachagi Informal Settlement in Thika Sub-County, Kenya. In the International Journal of physical and social sciences. ISSN 2278. Volume 5. Issue 5. May, 2015. (Online).  http://www.ijmra.us/2015.ijpss-may.php.
  • Pauline W. Kamau, Elishiba Kimani and Grace Wamue-Ngare, (December, 2014) Challenges in Access to Microfinance Resources among Women in Kiharu Constituency, Murang’a County, in Kenya. In the International Journal of Innovative Social Sciences &Humanities Research 2 (4):68-74, Oct-Dec. 2014. ISSN: 2354-2926.
  • Esther Kibere, Elishiba Kimani and Mildred Lodiaga. (September, 2014). Gender Dynamics in Access to and Control of Benefits Accrued from Tea Farming in Kiganjo Division, Gatundu District-Kenya. In the International Journal of Farming and Allied Sciences. IJFAS Journal-2014-3-9/956-961/30September,2014. ISSN 2322-4134@2014 IJFAS. http://ijifas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/956-961.pdf
  • Elishiba Kimani and Wanjiku Kabira. (September, 2014). Influencing National Policies towards Sustainable Food Security through Gender Mainstreaming. In the Prime Journal of Social Science (PJSS) ISSN: 2315-5051, Vol. 3((), pp. 837-841, September 29th, 2014. http://primejournal/continents/2014/se.htm
  • Pauline W. Kamau, Elishiba Kimani and Grace Wamue-Ngare. (September, 2014). Gender Relations in Utilization of Micro Finance Resources among Women in Kiharu Constituency, Murang’a County. In the Merit Research Journals of Art, Social Science and Humanities (ISSN:2350-2258) vol 2(7) pp. 095-100, Setember,2014. http://meritresearchjournals.org/assh/september.htm
  • Elishiba Njambi Kimani. (September 2014). Challenges in Quality Control for Postgraduate Supervision. In the International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education (IJHSSE). Volume 1, Issue 9, September 2014, PP 63-70. ISSN 2349-0373 (Print) & ISSN 2349-0381 (Online). arcjournals.orghttp://www.arcjournals.org/ijhsse/2014_ijhsse_vi-i9.php
  • Pauline W. Kamau, Elishiba Kimani and Grace Wamue-Ngare. (August 2014). Gender Relations in Access to Micro Finance resources among women in Kiharu Constituency, Murangá County-Kenya. In the Prime Research on Education. ISSN: 2251. Vol. 4(5), pp. 717-722, August 11th, 2014. http:/primejournal.org/PRE/contents/2014/aug.htm
  • Grace Ngure, Nyakwara Begi, Elishiba Kimani and Maurine Mweu. (July 2014). Utilization of Instructional Media for Quality training in Pre-Primary School Teacher Training Colleges in Nairobi County, Kenya. In the Research Journali’s Journal of Education. 2/No. 7July/2014 ISSN 2347. 8225. www.researchjournali.com/pdf/798.pdf.
  • Dorothy M. Elijah, Elishiba N. Kimani and Geoffrey M. Wango. (December 2013). Gender-related Challenges faced by students in learning technical courses in Machakos Technical Training Institute, Machakos County-Kenya. In the Woodpecker Journal of Educational Research. wudpeckerresearchjournals.org ISSN 2315-7267. Vol. 2 (10)
  • Elishiba N. Kimani (June 2013). HIV/AIDS and the Community with Reference to Kenya. PPRIME Journals: In the Prime Journal of Social Science. primejournal.org/PJSS. ISSN: 2315-5051.
  • Tabitha Wang’eri, Elishiba Kimani, Samuel Mutueleli. (April, 2012). ‘Transitional Challenges Facing First Year Students in Kenyan Public Universities: A Case of Kenyatta University-Kenya’. In the Oriental Journals on International Review of Economics and Management. 2, No. 1. Online: www.oriental journal.org
  • Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira and Elishiba Njambi Kimani. (December, 2012). ‘The Historical Journey of Women’s Leadership in Kenya. In the Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) 3(6): 842-849. Online: jeteraps.scholarlinkresearch.org
  • Joan Kabaria-Muriithi, Lucy Ngigi, Elishiba Kimani. (October, 2012). Factors Predisposing Women to Intimate Partner Violence in Kenya’. In the Journal of Emerging Trends (JETEAS, JETEMS, JETERAPS). OCTOBER 2012 EDITION, Volume 3. Number 5). Online Journal:http://www.ijarr.com
  • Josephine Kisulu. Elishiba Kimani, Donald Kombo. (2012). Factors influencing occupational aspirations among girls in secondary schools in Nairobi region – Kenya. In the Prime Research on Education (PRE). ISSN: 2251-1253. Volume 2, Issue 4, pp. 244-251. Online Journal-www.primejournal.org/PRE
  • Elishiba Njambi Kimani and Donald Kisilu Kombo. (2011). An Investigation of Community Participation in the Development of Schools and Income Generating Projects in Rural Areas in Kenya. In the British Journal of Educational Research 1(1): 58-68. Online Journal-www.sciencedomain.org.
  • Mwikamba Kaibui, R. W. Gakuru, J.N. Kathuri and N. Kimani. (2011). The Role of Retired Agricultural Extension Workers in Enhancing Farmers Socio-economic Development in Thika District-Kenya. In the Egerton Journal of Humanities, Science and Education. Vol. x, 2011. Njoro: Egerton University.
  • N. Kimani and M.N. Ndani: (2011). Challenges faced by teacher students of Kenyatta University in accessing further education through e-Learning: In the Global Education, Science, Technology and Public Policy Initiatives for Sustainable Development in Africa. Fall 2011 Edition. Volume 1 no. 1.
  • Elishiba Njambi Kimani and Donald Kisilu Kombo. (October 2011). Abortion in Kenya: An Examination of its causes and Effects on Female Students in Secondary Schools and Colleges in Kenya. In the Journal of Education & Social Sciences. Issue Number 2 Vol 1: Education, Human Resources Production and Social Economic Transformation in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities. Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology.
  • Elishiba Njambi Kimani and Donald Kisilu Kombo. (2010). Challenges facing nuclear families with absent fathers in Gatundu North District, Central Kenya”. In the African Symposium: An online Journal of the African Educational Research Network. Issue (volume 10, No. 2). On line -the African Symposium (ISSN#TX 6-342-323).
  • Elishiba Njambi Kimani and Donald Kisilu Kombo. (2010). Gender and Poverty reeducation a Kenyan context. In the Education Research and Reviews International Academic Journals.  January 2010; 5 (1). On-line ournal::http://academicjournals.org/ERR2/contents/2010cont/Jan.htm.
  • Kimani E and Maina L (2010). Older Women’s Rights to Property and Inheritance in Kenya: Culture, Policy and Disenfranchisement. In the International Journal of Ethics and cultural Diversity in Social Work. On-line journal: http://pdfserve.informaworld.com/636052_929899868.pdf 
  • Kimani O. Mugenda, L. Maina, M. Wainaina (2010). Challenges facing female learners at various levels of education in Kenya. Isiphethu Solwazi: Unizulu International Journal of Education Volume 2, Number 1, 2010 URL:www.isiphethu.uzulu.ac.za ISSN: 2078-7545
  • Elishiba Kimani and Kaibui Mwikamba (2010). Gender Dynamic in Science and Technology.  In the Journal of Agriculture, Science and Technology (JAGST). Volume 12 (2) 2010.
  • N. Ndani and E.N. Kimani. (2010).  Factors Influencing Early Childhood Development Teachers; Motivation in Thika District, Kenya.  In the African Journal of Teacher Education AJOTE Volume 1 Number! Summer 2010.  ISSN:1916-7822.
  • N. Ndani and E.N. Kimani. (2009).  Community            Participation in School Teacher Motivation and Adequacy of the Physical       Learning Environment.  In Isiphethu Solwazi: Unizulu International Journal of             Education. Volume 1 Number 1 2009.  ISSN 2078-7545.     Also Online-URL:www.isiphethu.uzulu.ac.za.
  • Philomena Mwaura and Elishiba Kimani, (June 2009). Gender Based Violence: A Pastoral Challenge for the Church in Africa.  In the Orita Ibadab Journal of Religious Studies.  XLI/1 June 2009 ISSN 0030 5596 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
  • Elishiba Kimani. (2008). Gender Issues and HIV and AIDS in Universities. In the ChemChemi International Journal of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences: Volume 5 Number 1, 2008.

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Dr. Samuel M. Mwangi

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Department of Sociology, Gender And Development

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