Human rights of Kenyan women have slightly improved from the end of the last century. However, Gender based violence, economic inequality; impeded access to justice and health care still permeate Kenyan society. The imbedded patriarchal system within the culture makes improvement difficult.

Several international conventions and regional instruments explicitly recognize women’s rights as human rights. These include the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Violence against Women (CEDAW), the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against women and the Beijing Platform for Action.