What you need to know?
- Kenyan women like 22-year-old Sylvia bear the double burden of unpaid care work and informal employment while receiving little support from their partners or society.
- The CARE policy aims to recognise, reduce, and redistribute unpaid care work, which remains undervalued and invisible in government policies.
- Despite societal expectations that reinforce traditional gender roles, some advocates are calling for men to take more responsibility in household duties and caregiving.
