This article explores the often-unmentioned sacrifices women make at home to achieve senior leadership roles in Kenya, highlighting the personal cost beyond career advancements.

• The article argues that while the gender leadership gap is a numbers problem, the harder question is the domestic sacrifices required for women to reach leadership positions.
• It emphasizes that women continue their roles as daughters, wives, and mothers in addition to their careers, often requiring a partner, family member, or personal rearrangement of responsibilities.
• The piece suggests that societal perceptions and household decisions about whose career takes priority, unlike for men, often set patterns that limit women's advancement, even unconsciously.
• The author concludes by urging a shift in households and partners to value and rearrange life around women's ambitions similarly to how men's are treated, suggesting this is key to truly understanding the leadership gap.