Time to Care Project
Time to Care is a six-year initiative (2023–2029) led by Oxfam Canada in partnership with Oxfam Kenya, funded by Global Affairs Canada, aimed at advancing gender equality by strengthening both paid and unpaid care work in Kenya. Implemented in Nairobi, Kiambu, and Mombasa, the project targets about 5,900 beneficiaries, most of them women.
The initiative addresses the unequal care burden borne by women and girls by promoting gender-equitable norms, improving working conditions and rights for paid care workers, strengthening policies and advocacy, and expanding access to time- and labour-saving care infrastructure. Through education, social norm change, and policy engagement, Time to Care contributes to gender justice, decent work, and social inclusion, while creating opportunities for partners such as CDTD to advance domestic workers’ rights and advocate for ILO Conventions C189 and C190.
The Jasiri Program
The Jasiri Program is a flagship initiative of the Mastercard Foundation in Kenya that empowers adolescent girls and young women (ages ~16–35) to overcome gender-based violence, economic exclusion, and structural barriers. Implemented across 16 counties, the program targets survivors of GBV and those facing challenges such as unpaid care work, disability, and displacement, including refugees.
Now in its five-year scale-up phase (2023–2028), Jasiri is built on three pillars: inclusive finance to expand access to gender-responsive financial services; skilling and economic empowerment through TVET, entrepreneurship, and life skills; and ecosystem and social norm change to address harmful gender norms and reduce unpaid care burdens.
Delivered through a consortium led by CREAW and including GROOTS Kenya, CCGD, ADSOCK, and CDTD, the program combines economic empowerment, policy advocacy, and community engagement to advance gender equality and enable young women to pursue dignified work and sustainable livelihoods.
Domestic Workers Transformation Program (DWTP)
Launched in 2001, the Domestic Workers Transformation Program (DWTP) is CDTD’s flagship initiative aimed at empowering domestic workers in Kenya through skills development, protection, and access to dignified employment. To date, the program has positively impacted over 20,000 domestic workers, strengthening their socioeconomic wellbeing and self-reliance.
DWTP played a key role in developing the Kenyan Domestic Workers Curriculum, a landmark step toward professionalizing domestic work, officially launched by the Government of Kenya in 2018. The program applies a five-pronged approach encompassing mobilization, skills and rights-based training, employment linkages, advocacy for fair labour standards, and protection for workers facing abuse or exploitation. Through this holistic model, DWTP continues to advance safe labour practices and economic empowerment for domestic workers.
Empowering Adolescent Girls – Tides Foundation
Educate and Empower Trafficked and Abused Girls -GlobalGiving