Utu Wetu Trust is a think-tank and collective of human rights experts working in collaboration towards enriching the landscape of advocacy and other strategies geared at advancing gender equality in Kenya, Africa and globally. Founded in 2018, by Lydia Muthiani and Christine Alai we strive to hold states accountable for human rights violations, with a focus on various forms of sexual violence.
OUR VISION
An equal, just and violence-free world in Africa and beyond.
OUR MISSION
To advance gender equality in Kenya, the larger Africa Region and beyond, especially for women and girls, through leveraging expertise, collective action, employing inclusive, human rights based, intersectional and victim-/survivor-centered approaches, and strengthening the application and implementation of international human rights norms, standards and obligations at the national, regional and international levels.