Awino Okech

Awino Okech is a Kenyan academic, based at SOAS, University of London where her "teaching and research interests lies in the nexus between gender, sexuality and nation/state making projects as they occur in conflict and post-conflict societies". Okech has also taught at the African Leadership Centre, based at King's College London, and is a member of the editorial advisory board of "Feminist Africa".
Early life.
Awino Okech grew up in Kisumu Kenya, where her mother was an educator. Okech has a bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of Nairobi, Kenya, followed by a master's degree and a PhD from the African Gender Institute at the University of Cape Town.
Career.
Okech taught at the African Leadership Centre, based at King's College London, where she was the co-convener of the Gender Leadership and Society module, which formed part of the MSc in Security, Leadership and Society.
Okech is now based at SOAS University of London in the Centre for Gender Studies, where her "teaching and research interests lies in the nexus between gender, sexuality and nation/state making projects as they occur in conflict and post-conflict societies".
Okech is a member of the editorial advisory board of "Feminist Africa", a peer-reviewed journal from the African Gender Institute, based at the University of Cape Town. Okech is a member of the African Security Sector Network, a pan-African scholars and policy advocates network focused on security sector reform.
Selected publications.
Okech's publications include: