2.1.9 Summary

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  • Gender equality focuses on ensuring the full and equal exercise of rights by people of all genders to equal access to socially, economically and politically valued goods, resources, opportunities, benefits, and services. It is therefore the absence of any discrimination on the basis of gender.
  • Gender equality can be promoted by removing any forms of social exclusion which occurs when certain groups are systematically disadvantaged based on social characteristics, such as gender, age, particular risk factors, type of household, the level of education and literacy, employment status, or housing status.
  • Women and Low Income Youth in Kenya who are characterised by limited access to training, formal employment and cash flow are most likely to be socially excluded.
  • There is a wide variety of policy and legislation that promotes gender equality and social inclusion. The following are examples of the such policies and legislations:
  • The Employment Act of 2007 (amended in 2012, 2021)
  • The Kenyan Constitution – Article 21 (youth), 27 (anti-discrimination), 82(3) – gender, Article 55 (youth / training)
  • Education and training sector gender policy 2015
  • The National Gender and Equality Act 2011
  • The Persons with Disabilities Act 
  • The Sector Policy for learners and Trainers with Disabilities 2018
  • There are many different frameworks that exist to promote gender equality and social inclusion. One of these framework is The Prosperity Fund’s Gender and Inclusion Framework. The framework sets three different levels for implementation of GESI programmes. The three levels include

1. Minimum compliance Level also known as level 1

2. Empowerment Level also known as Level 2

3. Transformation level also known as Level 3
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