Gender equality activists meeting in South Africa this week cited recent global gender reports by UN and the United States Aid Agency (USAid) that gave Kenya low marks in efforts to bridge the gender inequality gaps. The USAid report titled Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in Kenya says Kenyan women were underrepresented in key decision-making positions. Speakers at the global gender equality conference held at Guateng city in South Africa, called for concerted efforts to bridge the gender equality gaps in Africa. “Men need to be engaged for gender equality to be achieved. “In our society women are still considered the weaker sex and this poses a huge problem in how men relate to women,” said Cheary.

Source: Standard Digital June 11, 2017 07:27 UTC