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How women came to their own rescue during covid-19

Maasai women at Oloyo Mayana Kubwa village, Olkaria in Naivasha. June 17, 2020. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Research indicates that women own more than 60 per cent of Kenya’s informal businesses. At the height of Covid-19 pandemic these business suffered disproportionately due to lack of financial shocks and resilience adaptation.

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