The County Government of Nakuru has unveiled a new gender policy that will help promote equality and address gender imbalances in the devolved unit.
Deputy Governor David Kones explained that the policy was crafted to push for realization of sustainable development and offer guidelines for gender responsive planning and budgeting, while also providing a legal framework to fast track initiatives that seek to promote gender inclusion and equality.
Kones said the new framework aims to embed gender considerations into the county's development initiatives and tackle Gender Based Violence (GBV), FGM among other gender related issues.
The Deputy Governor affirmed that the new policy advocates for strategies to ensure greater female participation and equal access to development resources and that it seeks to create a more inclusive and equitable society where women and men can participate fully in development.
