Women's Economic Forum - Kenya 2025

Abstract

The theme for this year’s forum is “What Works for Women’s Economic Empowerment” The Women’s Economic Forum 2025 is organized in partnership with the African Women Studies Center-Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub (WEE Hub) of the University of Nairobi in collaboration with key stakeholders, including the Center for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW) and The Institute for Social Accountability (TISA), among others. This year’s forum will, among other activities, present the research approaches and findings gleaned over the four and a half years of the AWSC-UoN Women’s Economic Empowerment-WEE project implemented in collaboration with CRAWN Trust and other partners. The forum will also provide a platform to highlight some of the challenges that women in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) face in the spaces of their engagement. The forum will showcase the impact of the interventions made to demonstrate what works towards empowering women economically and share the documented challenges and bottlenecks that need to be addressed in the journey to women’s economic empowerment and emancipation in Kenya. Under the theme of “What Works for Women’s Economic Empowerment,” the forum will emphasize the importance of identifying effective strategies that can be implemented at scale to enhance women’s access to economic opportunities for their empowerment. Kenya stands at a pivotal moment where the economic landscape presents both real challenges and untapped opportunities for women, and the forum will aim to show viable options for the way forward.