Gender Mainstreaming Initiatives; An Energy Sector Perspective on diversity and inclusion

The international Women’s Day 2020 theme for this year “I am generation equality” highlighted the need to achieve generational equality. This paper reviews the gender mainstreaming initiatives implemented in the energy sector and geothermal companies in Kenya.
It explores the achievements to date, challenges and opportunities that can enable companies to achieve generational equality. It also takes stock of challenges that both women and men encounter at the work place as they work together and identifies further initiatives that can be implemented.
A diversity and inclusion policy providing guidelines on achieving more inclusion of either gender at the work place can anchor the Leadership decision making on matters diversity.

Key words: gender, women, leadership, diversity, human resources