Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Addressing Migration-Related Challenges and Promoting the Economic Empowerment of Returnee Migrant Women in Kenya
Assessment Report
Related SDGs
The present assessment examines the economic, social, and reintegration realities of Kenyan women who return after working as migrant domestic workers in Gulf Cooperation Council countries. Using mixed methods of desk review, interviews, focus group discussions of the report profiles returnee women, analyzes drivers of migration, documents human rights challenges experienced abroad, and evaluates existing institutional, legal, and policy frameworks in Kenya. The report calls for strengthened governance of labour migration, standardization of pre‑departure training, creation of reintegration centres, enhanced data systems, recognition of skills acquired abroad, and targeted economic empowerment programmes for returnees.
Recent Publications
The Statistics presented in the yearbook are, as possible in accordance with international recommendations and definitions. Where important deviations are known to exist, they are indicated in footnotes at the end of each country’s table.
A report of the Africa High-level Working Group on the Global Financial Architecture
Advancing the Implementation of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area: Proposing Transformative Strategic Actions