Gender Policy.

The overall goal of this policy framework is to mainstream gender concerns in the national development process in order to improve the social, legal, civic, economic and cultural conditions of women, men, girls and boys in Kenya. The vision is a society where women, men, children and persons with disabilities enjoy equal rights, opportunities and a high quality of life. The objective is to ultimately dismantle practices, institutions and structures that sustain inequality. The document relies on the following guiding principles: 1) Women’s rights are human rights; 2) Gender fairness and justice guides interventions; 3) Equity in treatment of women, girls, men and boys as well as equal opportunities to access national resources; 4) Promoting economic empowerment for women; 5) Affirmative action interventions targeting women be developed as a corrective measure to equalize opportunities and access.
As mentioned, one of the guiding principles of the policy is empowerment of women and ensuring their access to natural resources. This means that the policy aims at enabling more inclusive agricultural and food systems.
In the field of governance and institutional framework, the policy promotes the creation of an enabling environment for women and men (gender sensitive and responsive) in order to meet the specific gender needs of women and men. All departments and divisions will be gender mainstreamed generally as they undertake gender analysis for their interventions, they will design gender responsive indicators which will reflect gender perspectives.