Win for women as East Africa Community Gender Policy is launched

Sheila Kawamara-Mishambi, Executive Director Eastern African Sub-regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of women ( EASSI) and Nancy Gitonga, the Regional Coordinator-East African Women in Business Platform (EAWiBP)

Imagine a world where women and men, boys and girls are guaranteed equal rights and opportunities. This is the sole goal the newly launched East Africa Community (EAC) Gender Policy seeks to achieve.

The journey which begun in 2006 culminated in a victory for both men and women as the policy roots for gender equality and equity, two pillars upon which the first steps to this journey were founded.