ABSTRACT
Kenya lies on the East Coast of Africa, with the equator cutting across roughly in the middle. The combined equatorial location and high altitude makes parts of the country agriculturally potential. Population increase in relationship to land availability has been used since the 1940s to justify a population control programme which the Kenya government and many governmental and non-governmental donor agencies consider central for development. Mobilization of women for collective action itself was an important factor in the process of selecting the study area. A major part of the information on women’s group activities and their involvement in the regulation and control of sex and reproduction was drawn from the case studies of groups, using group interview discussion method. A wide range of key people provided information on a spectrum of issues directly relevant to the study or provided background information. Many problems encountered were related to the nature of the prevailing social, economic and political environment.
