Will generation x make a difference in the world’s gender agenda?

Emma Seline Akinyi Okello

Today, women across the globe are celebrating International Women’s Day where their point of convergence is to put gender on the agenda of world affairs. Whether there is something to celebrate in this aspect will depend on who you ask. This is because several strides towards realising gender equality have been made and significant milestones achieved in various sectors of the world’s economy while in some sectors, more is yet to be realised.

This year’s theme “I am Generation Equality: Realising Women's Rights,” seems to put the youth and millennials at the center of focus in the quest to establish gender equality in today’s world. This theme sets the stage for women to claim stake in all sectors of the economy at their tender age given that the world has become a global village thanks to rapid technological advancements. Targeting the youth could not have come at a better time to deconstruct the myth that some certain sectors of the economy are a preserve for women while others are domiciled for men.