Women bear the brunt of declining real wages

A rights‑based agenda shifts the economic focus towards the reproduction of life, instead of just profit accumulation.

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Kenya’s latest economic analysis paints a grim but sadly familiar picture: for the fifth consecutive year, real wages have fallen, and the few new jobs being created are almost entirely in the informal economy. 

Behind these statistics lies a deepening human rights crisis, the burden of which is unevenly distributed across gender, class, and care responsibilities. 

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