<p style="text-align:justify; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;,sans-serif">The University of Nairobi WEE Hub has organized a national WEE forum to be held on 23<sup>rd</sup> -24<sup>th</sup> of June, 2022 at the University of Nairobi. The event is expected to bring together women entrepreneurs from across the country, women business leaders, women in positions of national influence, representatives of government policy makers, the local banks, and partners involved in WEE programs.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

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<p style="text-align:justify; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;,sans-serif">Purpose of the Forum </span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;,sans-serif">The purpose of the forum is to share and seek support for the minimum agenda on women’s economic empowerment (WEE), as informed by the findings of University of Nairobi WEE HUB’s research on Affirmative Action Funds,</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;,sans-serif">Access to Government Procurement Opportunities (AGPO), implementation of the Credit Guarantee Scheme (CGS), Social protection programmes during COVID -19, Care Economy and WEE, Gender responsive budgeting, and lessons on WEE learnt from women’s movement in Kenya.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
