Women empowerment and their socio-economic development in Mogadishu, Somalia
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Date
2015-11
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Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Abstract
This study carried out an investigation on the role of women empowerment on socio
economic development in Mogadishu, Somalia. The objectives of the study were 1) to
examine the women empowerment strategies in Mogadishu, Somalia 2) to assess the
socio economic development in Mogadishu, Somalia and 3) to establish the relationship
between women empowerment and socio economic development in Mogadishu,
Somalia. The study employed descriptive/correlational study design which involved both
quantitative and qualitative approaches. With regards to this method, the researcher
used structured questionnaires containing three sections A, B and C. Section A dealt
with profile of respondents, B dealt with women empowerment strategies and C dealt
with socio economic development. Out of a target population of 207, 136 respondents
were identified as the sample size by use of the Slovene's formula. Simple random
sampling and purposive sampling techniques were used to identify the respondents to
take part in the study. Analysis entailed frequencies, percentages, means, standard
deviation, t statistic, ranks, charts and interpretations. From the findings, it was clear
that the women empowerment strategies employed in Mogadishu were not being used
properly. Additionally, the socio economic development of Mogadishu was found to be
low and at unacceptable levels. It was also established that there was a relationship
between women empowerment and socio economic development and this was
calculated at a value of 0.851 on the Pearson Correlation scale and this denoted a very
strong and positive relationship. Women empowerment was also found to significantly
influence socio economic development in Mogadishu at an R Squared coefficient of
0.724. It is recommended that there should be more education of women, civic
education of community on women rights, more women in the political and leadership
positions, more advocacies on gender equity, and formation of women social groups.
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A thesis presented to the college of higher degrees and research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Master of Development studies of Kampala International University
Keywords
Women empowerment, Socio-economic development, Mogadishu, Somalia