What you need to know: The review as part of the ongoing activities to enable women build their economic resilience beyond the Covid-19 pandemic. Covid-19 has worsened inclusion of women in the labour market as economic dynamics have abruptly shifted to the disadvantage of women. The State Department for Gender is reviewing its economic empowerment policy to integrate the emerging needs of women amid a ruffled economic environment shrinking opportunities for women than men. Ministry of Public Service and Gender, senior policy advisor, Elizabeth Adongo, termed the review as part of the ongoing activities to enable women build their economic resilience beyond the Covid-19 pandemic. “A lot of money has been invested in empowerment of women like the Sh2 billion earmarked for the Biashara Kenya Fund,” she said last week during the Annual Women Rights Organisation Convention (2021) convened by Crawn Trust. Last month, Women Enterprise Fund (WEF) launched Thamini, a loan product tailored to meet the credit needs of the at least eight million widows in Kenya. This interest-free loan facility, she said, is crucial to helping the vulnerable women rebuild their lives and stabilise economically. Affirmative funds On accessing markets, she said African Continental Free Trade Area provides an opportunity for women to trade their products across the region. Last March during the launch of a survey of the top 100 brands loved by women in Kenya, Gender Chief Administrative Secretary Rachel Shebesh reckoned of the findings as important in informing design of women empowerment initiatives. The survey...
Gender department reviewing empowerment policy
Posted on: August 18, 2021
Posted on: August 18, 2021