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Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW)

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Business and Industry Children Citizenship and Governance Criminal Justice Family HIV/AIDS Human Rights Justice Values Violence Women Women/gender Equality Financing for Development: Addressing systemic issues Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development Mobilizing international resources for development Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Men and boys Policy advice Research Service provision The girl child Violence against women Women and HIV/AIDS Women and health Women and poverty Women and the economy Women and the media Women in power and decision-making Population: Population growth Reproduction, family formation and the status of women Public Administration: Ethics, Transparency and Accountability Governance and Public Administration Public Financial Management Social Development: Conflict Poverty Social policy Youth Statistics: Crime and criminal justice statistics Demographic and social surveys Development indicators Informal Sector Statistics Population and housing censuses Poverty statistics Services Statistics Sustainable Development: Capacity-building Demographics Education Gender equality Health Partnerships Poverty Sustainable development for Africa Sustainable development in a globalizing world Peace and Development in Africa: Development in Africa Peace in Africa Conflict Resolution in Africa: Conflicts Resolution
Geographic scope:	National
Country of activity:	Kenya
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	Founded in 1999, the Centre for Rights Education and Awareness is a national feminist women’s right Non-Governmental Organization. Although CREAW’s work has expanded over the years, the focus has consistently set women’s rights at the centre of everything we do. CREAW uses bold, innovative and holistic interventions for the realization of women’s rights. Our programs have over the years focused on challenging practices that undermine equity, equality, and constitutionalism; promoting women’s participation in decision making; and deepening the ideology and philosophy of women’s empowerment. We also support movement building to advance the agenda for social transformation, besides preventing, mitigating and responding to Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). The organisation derives its mandate from international, regional and local human rights principles and protocols that recognize the role of multiple stakeholders as catalysts in the advancement of women’s rights. The mandate also draws from our own social consciousness which obligates us to continuously champion, expand and actualize women human rights. CREAW works with both men and women who are committed to women and girls’ wellbeing, besides partner in Vision Statement: A just society where women and girls enjoy full rights and live in dignity. Mission Statement: To champion, expand and actualise women’s and girls’ rights and social justice g with complementary actors or institutions.
Year established:	1998
Year of registration:	1999
Organizational structure:	Board of Directors – CREAW’s organogram sets out the organization structure roles and responsibilities from the Board down to the secretariat. At the top is an effective Board whose expertise and membership is drawn from human rights advocates, public service, media, finance and investments, academia and educationalists. The board establishes CREAW policies and offers policy direction to personnel to govern the direction of the organization, and ensure its adherence to relevant legal obligations. This is in addition to ensuring that CREAW maintains a code of ethics through sound policies and procedures. All decisions and actions of the board are well documented in minutes kept by the Executive Director who also serves as secretary of the board. Program Management: The CEO heads the management team which comprises herself, Deputy Director in charge of programs, Fundraising and program development manager, Monitoring and Evaluation/ Projects Coordinator, Finance Manager and the Human Resources manager. The management’s role is to implement the policy decisions and directives of the Board and is responsible for resource mobilization, overseeing program implementation and reporting, talent acquisition and management, building, strengthening and managing partner relations, identifying opportunities for strategic growth of the institution, and developing and submitting quarterly progress reports to the Board. Program Implementation Team (PIT): This team comprises program operations staff who include the Project Officers and their assistants, the Legal team and Field officers. These program teams are supported by a host of finance staff, logistics and IT officers who offer accounting, administrative and logistical support. Further, there exists a Communications team who ensures that all project work is well captured and shared both internally and externally for visibility, learning and accountability. Project and support staff comprise the third tier within the organisation and directly report to management which includes their line supervisors. This tier is directly responsible for project implementation, logistics, report writing and outreach activities.
Number and type of members:	35 staff members - 19 Women, 16 men
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Africa Unite Kenya Chapter, SOAWR
Funding structure other:	Bilateral Donors

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