Renewed Women’s Voice & LeadershiP

RWVL–K

Strategic Pillar: Women and Girls Economic Empowerment

Women & Girl's Empowerment

Equal voices and equal choices create shared prosperity. CARE Kenya advances women and girls’ equality through women's entrepreneurship, leadership, and inclusion. It supports women to build businesses, access finance, strengthen market linkages, and participate in decision-making at household, community, and national levels.

Goal: Increased enjoyment of human rights by women and girls in all their diversity and the advancement of gender equality in Kenya.

Overview

The Women’s Voice and Leadership initiative strengthens women’s rights organizations (WROs) to advocate for women and girls and influence policy change.

The program provides institutional strengthening, funding, and mentorship to local organizations advancing women’s rights and feminist leadership.

The Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership – Kenya (RWVL–K) is a five-year (2025–2030) national initiative funded by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and implemented by CARE (CARE Canada and CARE Kenya) in collaboration with four Principal Partners: CREAW, Uraia Trust, CRAWN Trust, and Urgent Action Fund–Africa (UAF-Africa).

RWVL–K adopts an intersectional targeting approach, prioritizing women and girls in all their diversity, particularly those facing multiple and overlapping forms of exclusion.

Scale and Reach

44

WROs/WRNs supported through multi-year grants

730k+

Indirect Beneficiaries at Community Level

771

Direct Participants (487 Women, 284 Men)

Target Groups

RWVL–K adopts an intersectional targeting approach, prioritizing women and girls in all their diversity, particularly those facing multiple and overlapping forms of exclusion.

Primary Target Groups

Women’s Rights Organizations (WROs) and Networks (WRNs)

Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs)

Youth-led and grassroots feminist organizations

Organizations representing structurally excluded groups (SEGs)

The project ensures that at least 30% of supported organizations represent structurally excluded groups, reinforcing its commitment to inclusion and equity.

Core Intervention Strategies

Flexible, Multi-Year Feminist Funding

RWVL–K provides: • Multi-Year Grants (MYGs): Flexible funding to strengthen institutional sustainability • Rapid Response Funding (RRF): Timely support for emerging opportunities and crises This funding model prioritizes: • Organizational autonomy • Long-term planning and sustainability • Reduced Administrative Burden

Institutional Capacity Strengthening

The project delivers comprehensive capacity strengthening across: • Governance and leadership • Strategic planning and financial management • Safeguarding and risk management • Resource mobilization and donor engagement • Feminist leadership and organizational culture A strong emphasis is placed on building internal systems and institutional resilience, enabling WROs to operate effectively beyond project cycles.

Gender-Transformative Programming and Advocacy

RWVL–K strengthens advocacy capacity through: • Evidence-based advocacy approaches • Community-rooted programming • Engagement with policy and decision-makers • Addressing structural barriers to gender equality The project also supports linkages between grassroots experiences and national-level policy processes, ensuring that advocacy is grounded in lived realities.

Movement Building and Collective Action

Recognizing that systemic change requires collective effort, the project: • Strengthens networks and coalitions • Facilitates collaboration among feminist actors • Build platforms for joint advocacy and knowledge exchange This contributes to a more cohesive, visible, and influential feminist movement in Kenya.

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