An assessment of post-war female manager empowerment programme: a case study of Juba Town, Southern Sudan
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2009-08
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Kampala International University. College of Economics and Management
Abstract
This study attempted to assess the Post-War Women Empowerment Programme in
Southern Sudan. The study was set to establish the number of women employed in
Ministries of Education and Gender Social Welfare in Juba town of Southern Sudan, to
establish to what extent that 25% women empowerment policy has been implemented in
the government of Southern Sudan, to identify the factors that hinder the employment of
women in Juba town located in Southern Sudan, and to examine the strategies that can be
employed to get women actively taking up leadership positions. The study employed a
descriptive research utilizing 97 respondents randomly chosen from the area covered by
the study. Questionnaires and interview schedules were used to collect views and
opinions from the respondents. Research findings revealed that only 34 women are office
bearers in the ministry of gender and social welfare, and 31 in the ministry of Education
and the rest occupy lower cadreships as office messengers, secretaries and cleaners. On
the notion of 25%, research findings revealed that women employed in Juba town, in the
area covered by the study do not make 25% of the total workforces, indicating the extent
to which female workers have not been incorporated in work. With regard to the factors
that hinder the employment of women, it was found that sexual harassment, cultural and
traditional beliefs, family work Vs office work, discrimination in jobs by sex, lack of
qualifications were among others. In a nutshell, female managers have not frilly realized a
meaningful empowerment programme capable of enabling them take up leadership
positions in the new government of Southern Sudan. It was recommended that, female
manager’s be empowered through education and training opportunities, change in socio —
cultural and traditional beliefs, gender sensitization, civil societies participation,
encouraging men to support their female counterparts among others.
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A research thesis submitted to the school of postgraduate studies in partial fulfilment for the award of a Degree of Master of Arts in Human Resource Management of Kampala International University
Keywords
Post-war female, Empowerment programme