Kenya
Shariah and Women’s Rights, Religion and HIV/Aids, Property ownership
Hijri Unknown-Present (AH); Common Era Unknown-Present (CE)
Dr. Esha Faki is a researcher in the field of Muslim Women's rights with a focus on education, politics, marriage, inheritance, and property ownership. She specializes in Islam and Gender, Dialogue, Religion and HIV/Aids, Peace and Reconciliation, Islam, and Human Rights, as well as Union Negotiations. Esha works with Kenyan Muslim women at the grassroots level concerning their rights and needs. Ms. Mwinyihaji was involved in a research project with Volkswagen Foundation on Sharia Debates in Selected Muslim Countries. She also has researched drug use among Muslim youth. Dr. Esha Faki conducted a recent investigation of cooperation between world religions. She is the author of various articles regarding Muslim women's presence in Africa's public arena. She contributed to the book "Sharīʿa in Africa Today" with a chapter titled "Necessity Removes Restrictions: Swahili Muslim Women's Perspectives on Their Participation in the Public Sphere." In it, Esha Faki explores how Muslim women take public spaces as political leadership in Mombasa, Kenya. Esha Faki Mwinyihaji is a Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Maseno University, Kenya; her interest in Muslim women drove her to earn her Phil in Islamic Studies from Moi University in 2001 and was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Geneva, with the Foundation for religious and Intercultural Dialogue.
