Quick information guide

Kenya Government’s leads by example in Gender Equality and Women Empowerment. It has established a Women Enterprise Fund

Aim:

to provide accessible and affordable credit to support women start and/or expand business for wealth and employment creation.

Loans provided by the Fund:

  • Constituency women enterprise scheme
  • LPO Financing
  • Bill bond Financing; and
  • Sacco lending

Other services:

  • Capacity building
  • Market support; and
  • Linkages

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Contacts.

Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs.

Directorate of Youth Affairs.
 P.O. Box 34303-00100.
Nairobi-Kenya.
Harambee House,
Harambee Avenue

Empowernment Programmes for Women In Kenya

In Kenya, the population of people living below the poverty line has declined from 46.8% in 2005/06 to 36.1% in 2015/16, according to the 17th edition of the Kenya Economic Update.

Women in the Kenyan contribute significantly to the economy of the country both directly or indirectly and therefore stirring up the economy out of such a high poverty index would need measures put in place for economic empowerment of Kenyan women.

The government of Kenya has established funds and policies such as the 30% procurement allocation for all government tenders so that more women may have an entry chance in such a competitive space. Private Sector Organisations have also set up programmes to empower women.

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OXFAM

Oxfam is a global movement of people, working together to end the injustice of poverty. They tackle the inequality that keeps people poor and save, protect and rebuild lives when disaster strikes. They help people to build better lives for themselves, and for others. They take on issues like land rights, climate change and discrimination against women.

Oxfam understands gender justice as the full equality and equity between women and men in all spheres of life, resulting in women jointly, and on an equal basis with men, defining and shaping the policies, structures and decisions that affect their lives and society as a whole. Whether we are responding to an emergency, working on long terms projects with communities, or campaigning for lasting change, we tackle the inequality and deep-rooted discrimination that makes and keeps women poor. We work closely with women’s rights organizations as partners and allies in order to address gender inequalities effectively.

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Programmes

Supporting women’s access to resources

Oxfam supports women in their fight to have equal opportunities to secure jobs and fair pay as men, and have an equal chance to work their way out of poverty.

Raising Women’s voices

We support women in their efforst to take part in decision-making at all levels and promote leadership and participation of women.

Ending violence against women and girls

We work with partners in over 40 countries to stop violence against women by changing laws and challenging culturally accepted practices that treat women as second-class citizens.

Striving for gender equality in emergency response

Throughout all our humanitarian response work, Oxfam tailors their activities towards meeting the different needs of women and men in a way that promotes equality between them.

 

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Oxfam International Headquarters
The Atrium, 

Chaka Road, Kilimani

Nairobi, Kenya

Telephone +254(0) 20 282 0000

Mobile Number +254 722 200417
 

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