Globally, Kenya is ranked in the medium category with a Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) of 0.2157. The index measures discrimination against women in social institutions (laws, social norms, and practices) by assessing their rights in marriage, access to resources, civil liberties and physical integrity.

In practice, the barriers that constrain women are multifaceted. The 2010 constitution was intended to transform the lives of Kenya’s marginalized groups, but, 10 years on, women remain significantly disadvantaged: The status of women in Kenyan politics is appalling. Even though women account for 52 percent of Kenya’s adult population and 60 percent of the voting population, the representation of women in politics, especially in leadership positions, is very low.
Many girls are still out of school due to among other factors customary practices that expose them to early marriages and child pregnancies. Marginalized communities in arid and semi-arid areas have to endure high climatic challenges that keeps the girls out of school to engage in livelihood and domestic chores.
Women have less access to and control over the benefits from land tenure and employment opportunities: a greater percentage of Kenyan women are unemployed or employed in low-paying jobs not to mention that their work is undervalued.
Kenya has significantly high maternal mortality and morbidity from preventable causes.
Sexual Gender Based Violence is very rampant in the country despite existence of progressive legal framework with very severe penalties for perpetrators.
In addition, attitudes towards women and the way the treatment they received in their families and in various social institutions as well, contribute to the status accorded to women.
Still, women potential in this Country is huge. One World One Future Trust’s action in this sector is implemented in two complementary areas: sensitization towards women and communities and economic empowerment of our beneficiaries. In the first case, the aim is to inform women about their rights and the mechanisms already in place to report eventual cases of abuse and violence, at the same time the involvement of the whole community is meant to promote an actual inclusion of women and girls in social and political life. On the other hand, the economic empowerment, through micro-credit programmes and vocational trainings, is considered essential for the target group to gain an effective independence so to speak and act for themselves. A particular attention is given to young disabled girls, who suffer from a double discrimination.