Why adoption of gender equality in businesses is key

When former US President Barack Obama visited Kenya in 2015, one of the highlights was a speech he made at Kasarani Stadium where he said “Imagine if you have a team and you do not let half the team play…that makes no sense.”His statement was in relation to embracing gender equality across all sectors and I agree with him. Globally, the debate on gender equality is one that has been with us for decades now and only a few countries such as Iceland, Norway, Finland, Rwanda and Sweden have been able to lower the gender gap.And although the debate is heavy on the public sector, as businesses, we should ask ourselves what we are doing to enhance two thirds gender rule within our organisations.

According to the Women in Business report 2018, the number of women in senior management globally rose from 66 percent in 2017 to 78 percent.