The Women’s Economic Forum Kenya (WEF-K) is an initiative of the Community Advocacy and Awareness Trust (CRAWN Trust) that originated from the need to contribute to women’s economic emancipation. Designed to be a premier networking occasion, the forum serves as a forum to connect women operating within the forgotten middle, that is women who are resilient traders and entrepreneurs, navigating limited resources and opportunities to drive economic growth and innovation.

We believe that they represent an opportunity for significant growth if provided with the necessary opportunities, tools, skills, strategies and support required to make progress in their journey to economic emancipation.

Now in its fifth year , the WEF-K is the ground zero for women’s economic emancipation connecting women to financial opportunities for growth and impact and building wealth for women from the bottom up. The forum aims to be a crucial part of the worthwhile journey towards an inclusive economic engine that will produce substantive gains for the national economy. The first two forums were held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but since 2023 the forum has been and will continue to be a hybrid event featuring a combination of in-person and virtual participation.

In the preceding years of 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 our forums have garnered notable engagements and piqued significant interest among targeted stakeholders. To date, our hybrid conferences have had a total direct reach of 22,837 and a total indirect reach of 15Million+ drawn from 22 countries globally.
The theme for this year’s forum is “What Works for Women’s Economic Empowerment”