As Beijing+30 unfolds, UN Women’s “Gender Snapshot 2025” warns Kenya’s women bear climate’s brunt: Up to 158.3 million more in extreme poverty by 2050 under worst scenarios, nearly half in sub-Saharan Africa, where droughts and floods displace mothers first.
Locally, 35.1% female poverty (9.2% national) intersects with 26.1% food insecurity, projecting 236 million more hungry women continent-wide.
“Climate justice is gender justice,” the report insists, noting only 39% of countries, including Kenya, gender mainstream climate plans.
In Turkana’s parched lands and Kilifi’s rising seas, women trek farther for water, amplifying unpaid care 2.5 times men’s. Anaemia (31.1% to 33%), maternal risks persist despite 39.3% drops.
Education: Girls lead starts, lag finishes, breeding 12.5% child marriages, 43.8 births. Violence: 20.4% abused. Economy: 46.4% participation, 27.6% AI-hit, 35% offline.
523 million fuel-less regionally; $1.04T for water needed. Kenya’s NDCs lag women’s input, but Lesotho-like models inspire. Positives: 99 reforms, 23.3% seats, HIV pledges.
Beijing+30 pushes feminist approaches: Land rights, green jobs ($342T returns). “Waves wash away progress,” says fisherwoman Zainab Juma. Data cuts threaten. Time for green equity?
