Illaramatak Community Concerns

The name of the organisation Illaramatak is a Maasai word meaning caregiver. The Maasai are the caregivers of the grazing land throughout Kenya. ICC is the caregiver of the pastoralist communitys concerns regarding human rights, education, and land. Pastoral women and girls face double marginalization first being from retrogressive cultural practices that violate their basic human rights, demeaning their value as well as denying them opportunities to realize their full potential and worth. The second marginalization is from Government and leadership through policy gaps, access to leadership positions and unequal resource distribution. While we recognize the gains that the new Kenyan Constitution has brought to women, it is evident that much more efforts are still needed to make sure they enjoy these rights. Women and girls continue to survive practices like Female Genital Mutilation, early forced marriages, no right to own land and other economic resources, access to leadership po...