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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Programmes

Women lead and participate in governance

The outcomes of this programme are that women participate equally in democratic governance structures and that women participate equally in national and devolved levels and in private and public institutions and that service delivery at national levels and in selected counties is gender responsive and gender equitable. UN Women Kenya will target women leaders and young potential female leaders and seeks to strengthen women’s ability to participate effectively in governance structures at national and local levels to influence the gender equality agenda.

Women and girls live a life free from violence

This programme aims to increase public awareness and social mobilization to prevent and end violence against women and girls and to ensure public institutions and service providers are accountable to women and girls for prevention, protection and response. UN Women Kenya will continue support the Africa Unite to End Violence against Women Campaign, target men to mobilise against violence against women and girls, and work to mainstream violence against women and girls issues around the next election period.

Peace, security and humanitarian action are shaped by women’s leadership

UN Women Kenya will work in partnership with government and civil society organizations to enhance gender-responsive programming in women, peace and security, humanitarian action and disaster risk reduction. We will provide technical leadership to UN agencies and share research and knowledge with partners including women’s organisations, the Kenya Red Cross Society and various government ministries.

National and devolved planning fully reflects accountability for gender equality commitments and priorities

This programme will engage national governments, women’s organizations and networks and gender advocates to support gender-responsive national planning and budgeting processes. We will also support capacity strengthening of Government (including devolved government) to analyse, formulate and execute gender-responsive plans and budgets.

 

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Contacts

Mr. Alpha Ba
Regional Communications & Advocacy Specialist
East and Southern Africa Regional Office
Tel: +254 20 762 4365


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