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ANDROGYNOUS WOMXN IN KENYA (AWK)


Androgynous womxn in Kenya is a womxn-rights organization, it was formed in January 2018 by two androgynous womxn, Lian Kikuyu and Winfred Nderui.They were drawn to this project by a number of personal experiences with traditional clothing outlets which had created a narrow vision for audiences by segregating clothes according to gender. However, with changes in society where people are fighting for gender equality, focusing on eradication of crime against women and trying to create gender awareness, styles of clothing can be connected to structural changes in society and, thus, they cannot be taken out of the social context. Gender-neutral fashion is not a new concept, but a creative energy in the stream. It is helping to revolutionize the current scenario, where the world to some extent is still stuck on “pink for girls” and “blue for boys”. This contradicts the essence of fashion, which stands for individuality, and when gender boundaries are fenced the option of choosing for one’s true self is gone.

MISSION:Resisting discrimination and violence against androgynous womxn and making spaces safer for masculine presenting womxn by personally and politically resisting against forced gender norms.

VISION:To change dominant standards of humanity to include androgyny.