Women RISE initiative findings incorporated to the Kenya National Care Policy

The State Department for Gender and Affirmative Action has sought to incorporate the findings of the Women RISE initiative to the Kenya National Care Policy which seeks to address the longstanding issue of unpaid domestic and care work predominantly performed by women and girls.

The Women RISE initiative has over the last three years fostered action-oriented, gender-transformative research to explore the link between women's health and their paid or unpaid work within COVID-19 contexts.

The initiative had 23 research teams from Africa, Latin America and Asia with Canadian Partner Institutions and managed by African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC) and Graduate School of Media and Communications, Aga Khan University Speaking during the opening of the end of project workshop, the State Department's Secretary for Gender Dr.

Josephine Obonyo insisted that despite the triple threats of climate change, conflict, and COVID-19 slowing progress on gender equality, the commitment to improving women's rights remains strong.