gender equality in finance Stories
Kenya has adopted the WE Finance Code, a global framework to expand credit for women-led businesses, aiming to close gender financing gaps and support...
A KHRC report finds less than two per cent of Kenyans control over half of arable land, worsening food insecurity, weakening county revenues and deepe...
An Oxfam report shows 1.13 million Kenyan children are out of school, linking dropouts to deepening inequality, underfunded public schools, teacher sh...
The G20 was formed in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, when the collapse of major banks and housing markets exposed deep cracks in the glob...
According to the latest Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) report, each Kenyan woman’s unpaid work is valued at Sh118,845 per year.
Highlighting persistent inequality despite decades of progress in science, technology, and innovation, President Ruto stressed that no country can suc...
Between countries, global inequalities exacerbate shared risks. Low-income countries have faced repeated obstacles in accessing vaccines, medicines an...
Digital tools allow perpetrators to hide evidence, while law enforcement often lacks the technical skills to investigate cyber-related crimes.
National Gender and Equality Commission member Dr Margaret Karungaru noted that national policies promoting gender equality and protecting widows’ pro...
This year's theme, The Girl I Am, The Change I Lead, as the world marks 30 years since the Beijing Declaration, the world's blueprint for gender equal...
The scale of the AI gap is stark. Africa holds less than 1 per cent of global data centre capacity. Data centres are the engines that drive AI. This m...
KEWOPA noted that many male legislators still misunderstand gender issues, which undermines women’s participation in decision-making and policy formul...
According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), while the world is wealthier, healthier and better educated than in 1995, the benefits have...
Some 708 million women are excluded from the labour market by unpaid care work. Even those who work are pushed into lower paid jobs. Women are exclude...
Rwanda has a progressive income tax structure. Low-value mobile money transactions are exempt from tax. Key utilities such as electricity and water re...
That’s according to this year’s SDG Gender Snapshot report launched on Monday by UN Women and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, which...
In 2013, the share of women in high-skill employment was already higher than that of men, at 21.2 per cent, compared to men’s 17.5 per cent.
Gender parity matters because women make up more than half of the world’s population, and excluding them from full participation has economic and soci...
The exercise, which will be undertaken in counties including Isiolo, Marsabit, Turkana, and Mandera, will focus on enrolment, retention, transition an...
In many rural areas of Kenya, women play a crucial role as the primary breadwinners for their families.
The Bill seeks to change Articles 90, 97, and 98 of the Constitution to ensure that no more than two-thirds of the members of both the National Assemb...
Leaders from across the country continue to pay tribute, honouring Phoebe Asiyo as a national heroine who helped shape Kenya’s political landscape and...
She was elected Karachuonyo Member of Parliament twice, in 1979 and 1992, at a time when female representation in Parliament was rare.
The video, which has since circulated widely online, shows Mosiria walking through the streets of Nairobi's Central Business District (CBD) with a boy...
The public needs access to accurate information about climate change, because this enables them to take action to stop global warming. Without accurat...
Recent reports suggest that this growing conversation is set to transform family policies and workplace culture across both public and private sectors...
The decline marks a reversal in the country’s steady push toward equal representation and opportunities for women across political, economic and socia...
Our study found that Kenya needs to review its teacher education curriculum to make it more gender responsive. Teachers also need more training to fol...
The Health Hub Project is part of a global movement by Faith to Action Network, a consortium of over 215 religious organisations in 38 countries, cham...
The civil society group also blamed the region's nomadic herding practices for escalating sexual abuse among young girls who should otherwise be in sc...
