The government through Tea Board of Kenya (TBK)is fully committed to ensuring women in the tea sector occupy key decision-making positions by accelerating progress in achieving gender empowerment.
Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Willy Mutai has affirmed that efforts are being made in finalizing the corporate governance regulations to entrench the provisions of gender equality in leadership in the tea value chains.
Speaking over the weekend at Ernestea factory to mark this year's International Women's Day (IWD) celebrations CEO Mutai said the tea industry supports over 834, 129 farmers' majority of whom are women who feature largely in tea processing, packaging, trade and consumption and there was need to celebrate the invaluable contributions of women in the Kenya's tea industry as their hard work fuels the economy and puts the country's tea on the global map. "The government of Kenya is committed to ensuring that women thrive in the tea sector.
To accelerate progress in achieving gender empowerment in the Kenya tea sector, the government is finalizing the corporate governance regulations to entrench the provisions of gender equality in leadership." said CEO Mutai.
