能源部已经做出了良好的努力,以将性别纳入肯尼亚离网太阳能访问计划,最后一英里计划和沼气计划等项目。Building women's capacity as energy entrepreneurs and technicians, as demonstrated in a solar project in Homabay in western Kenya, effectively illustrated that adopting a gender and women's empowerment approach not only enabled women's active involvement in the energy supply and contributed to sales but also proved to have positive effects on increased self-esteem, helped to overcome traditional gender and social barriers as well as changing men's stereotypical and biased perceptions on women's角色和能力。'Homabay中的太阳能妈妈项目积极招募和训练妇女为技术人员。一些社区成员最初对将妇女瞄准该项目持怀疑态度。但是,这些妇女表现出色,以至于她们改变了男人对妇女在获得平等机会时能做和实现的态度。
实际行动正在基苏木、霍马贝、西亚、米戈里、尼亚米拉、卡卡梅加、邦戈马、布西亚和维希加九 (9) 个县实施一项为期五年的项目,即青年韧性农业 (RAY)。该项目旨在通过促进以农业生态原则和实践为基础的青年农业生计,使农业成为对年轻人有吸引力且有韧性的雇主。该项目针对四 (4) 个主要价值链,即家禽、非洲叶类蔬菜、西红柿和油料作物(花生和大豆)。在未来 5 年内,我们的目标是通过在农业部门内进行系统变革,使农业部门成为一个提供体面工作的有吸引力的工作部门,从而增加九个县 100,000 名(18-35 岁)年轻人的收入和就业机会。此外,随着青年通过技能发展和增强市场和融资渠道开始赚钱或提高收入水平,该项目将有助于减少目标县的贫困。该项目采用的主要方法包括:
