Women’s empowerment and COVID-19: A case study from Kenya

van Biljon, Chloe; and Seymour, Greg. 2022. Women’s empowerment and COVID-19: A case study from Kenya. GCAN COVID-19 Policy Note 1. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.135041.

Research shows that the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic varied greatly by country, class, race and gender (Pangborn & Rea, 2020). In this study we aim to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic affected empowered and disempowered individuals differently. This policy note summarizes how income was affected by the pandemic, followed by an assessment of coping mechanisms with the crisis and their interactions with women’s empowerment.