Climate change and gender are inextricably linked because the socialization of gender roles results in adaptive and mitigative capabilities that are also gendered. The global framework for action on climate change, including but not limited to the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, has recognized that to be effective and truly transformative, climate action must respect and promote gender equality and women’s rights and economic development. This advancement of gender equality requires climate finance architecture and development blueprints that are gender-responsive and inclusive of the individuals and organizations that have knowledge about gender and are working toward gender equality and women economic resilience.
Sixty percent of the poorest people in the world are women. In every society, women shoulder the lion’s share of responsibility for children and the household, a responsibility they manage to combine with economic activity. Women work as farmers, employees, independent entrepreneurs, and managers. The priority they give their family responsibilities is reflected in the fact that they spend a large proportion of their income on food, medical care and education for their children and other family members. Their families, in turn, make a major contribution to the local community and economy.
The Plan prioritizes policies, programmes and projects which will support the implementation of the “Big Four” initiatives namely: Raise the share of manufacturing sector to 15 per cent of GDP; Ensure that all citizens enjoy food security and improved nutrition by 2022; Achieve Universal Health Coverage; and deliver at least five hundred thousand (500,000) affordable housing units. The implementation of the “Big Four” initiatives will also contribute to broad based inclusive sustainable economic growth, faster job creation and reduction of poverty and inequality. All this will be done with close cooperation between the national and county governments as well as other stakeholders. The MTP III has mainstreamed and will implement the 17 Global Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) as outlined in the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Plan is further aligned to the Africa’s Agenda 2063 which constitute the strategic framework for the socio-economic transformation of the African continent by the year 2063.