This paper examines how gendered time burdens shape women’s economic outcomes in Kenya, using a gender economics lens that links unpaid care work to labour-market inequality and constrained asset accumulation. Drawing on secondary data from the 2021 Kenya Time Use Survey, the 2022 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, and the World Bank Gender Data Portal, this study applies descriptive and comparative gender-gap analysis to assess disparities in unpaid care, labour-force participation, employment quality, land ownership, and financial inclusion. The results show persistent structural inequalities. Kenya’s time-use data indicate that unpaid domestic and care work remains heavily feminised, with women contributing far more unpaid care hours than men; the national household satellite account estimates 25.8 billion hours for women compared with 4.8 billion hours for men in 2021. Labour-market indicators similarly reveal disadvantages: in 2024, female labour-force participation stood at 62.2% versus 71.4% for males, and women were more concentrated in vulnerable employment (73.6% versus 56.4%) and less represented in wage and salaried work (25.6% versus 42.6%). Asset gaps persist as well, with 75.2% of women aged 15–49 reporting no land ownership compared with 66.4% of men, although financial inclusion has improved, with account ownership reaching 86.5% for women and 93.9% for men in 2024. These findings suggest that gender inequality in Kenya is reproduced not only through wages and employment status but also through unequal time allocation and weaker command over productive assets. This study concludes that care-sensitive macro and labour policies, expanded access to decent work, and stronger women’s property rights are central to inclusive growth and women’s economic empowerment in Kenya.