The Kenya Women Judges Association hosted the 2nd African Regional Conference for Women Judges between 6th and 8th August 2001 very successfully. The Theme of the Conference was Application of International and Regional Instruments at National Level. The conference brought together about 60 women Judicial Officers from seven African Countries namely: Liberia, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Kenya as the host. It brought together the main players concerned with the actual implementation of human rights provisions as contained in International and Regional Conventions/Treaties and domesticated by individual countries.

The outgoing Regional Coordinator for Women Judges in the Africa Region Hon. Mrs Laetitia Mukasa-Kikonyogo, Deputy Chief Justice of Uganda handed-over the symbolic chair of Africa Regional Coordinator to Hon. Lady Justice Joyce Aluoch of Kenya at the Conference.

For the first time, the International Women Judges Association will hold its biennial Conference in Africa, under the Chairmanship of Hon. Mrs Laetitia Mukasa-Kikonyogo, Deputy Chief Justice of Uganda. The Conference will be held in Kampala, Uganda from 9th to 13th May, 2004.

The Kenya Women Judges Association has organized several Workshops throughout the country for Judicial Officers and Para - Legal Staff on the Law of Succession Act. Funded by CIDA/GESP, UNDP and The Ford Foundation respectively.

Among the programmes that KWJA has implemented is the Jurisprudence on Equality Programme (JEP) which is designed to train Judges and Magistrates to apply International, Regional, and National Human Rights norms to cases coming before them for hearing. The Kenya Women Judges Association has already successfully completed their first and second phases of the three phases of the JEP Training Workshops.

As a member of the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ), three members of KWJA participated in a Conference organized by IAWJ in Dublin, Ireland from 22nd - 26th May, 2002 sponsored by The Ford Foundation. The Conference Theme was "JUDICAL CREATIVITY"

The Kenya Women Judges Association enjoys the support of the Chief Justice of Kenya and the Attorney General of Kenya in the running of its various programmes.

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