Available Online : https://aipublisher.org/ajahss-volume-2-issue-2-February-2020/ Judy Wambui Mwangi: Addaiyan Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2020; 2(6):01- 13 Available Online: https://aipublisher.org/ajahss-volume-2-issue-6-june-july-2020/ 1 ISSN : 2581-8783 (Online) Addaiyan Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences © Addaiyan International Publishers (An international Publisher of Research & Academic Resources) Journal Homepage: https://aipublisher.org/projects/ajahss/ THE STATUS OF GENDERED ACCESS AND CONTROL OF LAND AND DAIRY PRODUCTS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON HOUSEHOLD WELFARE IN MURANG’A COUNTY. Judy Wambui Mwangi 1 , Elishiba Njambi Kimani 2 and Casper Operee Masiga 3 1 Judy Wambui Mwangi (Corresponding Author) Mount Kenya University Department of Social and Development Studies P.O Box 342-01000 Thika, Kenya Telephone Number: 254 712 198 382 Email: jmwangi@mku.ac.ke/ jwambuu1@gmail.com 2 Prof. Elishiba Njambi Kimani Kenyatta University Department of Gender and Development Studies P.O Box 43844-00100 Nairobi, Kenya Telephone Number: 254 723 702 041 Email: elishibakimani@yahoo.com 3 Dr. Casper Operee Masiga Kenyatta University Department of Gender and Development Studies P.O Box 43844-00100 Nairobi, Kenya Telephone Number: 254 724 513 406 Email: mopero.operee@gmail.com Abstract: Gender inequality in access and control of all resources has been a major concern for many governments and other stakeholders. Many stakeholders have endeavored to design and implement various strategies and mechanisms aimed at advancing gender balance in all spheres of life. However, this objective has not been achieved. This prompted the need for this study that sought to investigate the status of access and control of land and dairy products by men and women and their influence on access and control of household welfare. The study was done in Murang’ a County- Kenya. The study was guided by the following objectives: to identify the dairy products existing in male and female-headed households in Murang’ a county, Kenya; to establish the status of access to land and dairy products by men and women and to establish the status of control of land and dairy products by men and women. The study was guided by the Women Empowerment Framework (WEF) espoused by Sarah Longwe (1991). The study utilized a cross-sectional research design. Purposive sampling technique was used to select Kigumo Sub-county as the area of the study. Further, a simple random sampling technique was used to select four hundred and forty-two (442) male and female-headed households practicing dairy farming in the Sub-county to participate in the study. Corresponding Author* Judy Wambui Mwangi Article History Received: 15.07.2020 Accepted: 29.07.2020 Published:31.07.2020 Research Article