Over the years Kenya has made great strides towards promoting and increasing women’s participation in national development across the economic, political and social sectors. This has been best demonstrated in education, leadership and entrepreneurship. Attesting to this, the 2016 report of the African Human Development Index ranked Kenya 18 in Africa and 145 globally in advancing gender equality. According to the 2007 MDG civil society report education for women was identified as key to their participation in national development. Finally on leadership, Kenya has demonstrated appreciation of the significance of having women in active leadership.

Source: The Star March 08, 2017 06:33 UTC