30/09/2026
Today, Pledge for Progress convened a grassroots consultative forum for the Safe Fields Initiative (SFI) in Namelok, Kajiado County — a programme seeking to advance gender equality in the agricultural space.
Women pointed out a range of challenges in the agricultural space, including long working hours, low wages, sexual exploitation, limited workplace protections, and the challenges of working while caring for young children and babies, among others.
The forum also raised concern over the involvement of school-going children and minors in agricultural work, and its implications for education and child wellbeing, including school dropouts, teenage pregnancies and child labour.
SFI seeks to bring women and key stakeholders together to promote safer, more dignified and inclusive agricultural workplaces and contribute to relevant policy and practical solutions.
We appreciate the Kajiado County Gender Department, Sub-County Children Department, Digital Moran CBO, We4Kenya, other CSOs and women working in agriculture for joining the conversation.
SAFE FIELDS INITIATIVE
Advancing gender equality in the agricultural space.
Women. Work. Safety.