Advancing gender equity in media

Standard Group CEO Orlando Lyomu awards a graduand during the Standard Group Women Network mentorship graduation on March 7, 2023. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

There are people within Kenya who have argued that the current political dispensation favours women. Some would even argue, why bother with the two-thirds gender rule for legislative representation yet there are already so many women in politics.

But this is not just a matter of politics. It is a factor across any career path - women need gender equity not equality. Equality means that virtually everyone gets the same opportunity.