The Facts

Data in Kenya reveal both a need and opportunity for progress to be made by investing in girls and women to achieve development targets.

• Access to Resources – Land Rights: In 2017, only 1.62% of all land in Kenya was owned by women (Kenya Land Alliance, 2018).
• Economic Empowerment: In 2016, 80.9% of women to women business partnerships in Kenya were denied loans by micro finance institutions (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, 2016).
• Sexual and Reproductive Health to Achieve Universal Health Coverage: As of 2014, 18% of adolescent girls aged 15-19 years old in Kenya had already given birth or were pregnant with their first child (Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, 2014).
• Political Participation: In 2018, women represented only 19% of the Kenyan National Assembly and 27% of the Senate, falling below the 33% constitutional requirement (Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2018).

Inspiring Concrete Action

Informed by an in-depth policy analysis, coalition partners collectively defined a series of evidence-based policy recommendations to mobilize gender equality advocates and drive concrete changes for girls and women at the community, county, and national levels. These include:

1. Implement the National Land Policy’s principles of equitable access to land and secure land tenure – in both urban and rural settings – in accordance with the Constitution of Kenya (2010).
2. Increase government contributions to the Biashara Fund – a new government program for financial inclusion designed to offer women, youth, and people living with disabilities access to low-interest business loans – with a specific focus on girls and women.
3. Implement the National Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy at the county level as it relates to establishing comprehensive health services, using the policy’s Implementation Framework.
4. Effectively implement the constitutionally mandated two-thirds Gender Principle at the county level to ensure women’s political participation at all levels of government.
5. Cross-cutting: Strengthen official Kenyan data-collection processes and systems related to gender equality – with a specific focus on the Sustainable Development Goals and the four campaign policy priorities – to ensure systematic sex- and age-disaggregated data collection and use.

To deliver on this vision, the Deliver for Good Kenya partners have outlined a range of impact oriented advocacy activities to guide our collective action over this multi-year campaign.  This advocacy plan builds on the strengths of partners and existing initiatives led by key stakeholders, while connecting community, county, and national levels gender equality and SDG efforts, to the global sphere. The activities can be found outlined in the strategy booklet and infographic.

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