The What Women Want Summit took place last month at the Trade Mark Hotel in Nairobi. One of the breakout sessions addressed the gender pay gap, the premise being that men earn more than women for the same job.

“Earning good money is part of a woman’s emancipation. The truth is that men got a head start at making money. Women are playing catch-up. A woman cannot be fully emancipated if she cannot afford to pay bills.

“For us we no longer want to just earn: we want to be paid our worth. There is no reason why a man should earn more than me when we are practically doing the same job,” says Faith*, one of the session’s attendees.