Pen Annual Report 2016

The drive for an enabling environment for civil society was a critical engagement for PEN in 2016. This is a process that has continued with much intensity in the past 3 years involving more than 100 CSOs in advocating for commencement of PBO Act as a means of enhancing the enabling environment for CSOs and other citizen’s organizations. Under Governance and Democracy and Sustainable Livelihoods, PEN working in collaboration with the Civil Society Reference Group (CSRG) advocated for increased respect for human rights, gender equality and strengthened democratic space at national and county levels that focused on improving enabling environment for CSOs with increased access to justice through key institutions within the justice sector.