The role of civil society organizations in promoting women empowerment: a case study of Kazo sub-county kiruhura district
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2018-09
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Kampala International University, Colleges of Humanities and Social sciences
Abstract
The research aimed at investigating the roles Civil Society Organizations towards promoting women empowerment in Kazo Sub-County Kiruhura District. The objectives of the study were to
establish the perception and knowledge of the people about health care Civil Society organizations. to establish the challenges faced by Civil Society organizations in promoting women empowerment in Kazo Sub-County Kiruhura District and to suggest solutions to the challenges faced by Civil Society organizations in promoting women empowerment in Kazo Sub-County Kiruhura District. The Research design employed cross-sectional design. This design was appropriate for the study because it gave the percentage of respondents who responded in a certain way. The Study adopted both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection. The study was carried out in Kazo Sub-County Kiruhura District. The area is dominated by Kazo Sub- County Kiruhura District from the different parts of the country as well as people from other countries and most of them are engaged in businesses. The people who live in Kazo Sub-County Kiruhura District are employed in both the formal sector and the informal sector. The division was a cosmopolitan area and therefore accommodates people from different backgrounds. The research also sought to find out the challenges facing CSOs in implementation of women’s projects in Kazo Sub-County Kiruhura District. Findings have discovered that CSOs do face many challenges in efforts of empowering women; and those challenges do range from political factor, economical factor, social and finally organizational challenges. The study recommends CSOs to consider using the media most specially the radios to empower the women since Kazo Sub-County Kiruhura
District is known to have bad infrastructure which hinders the CSOs from reaching the remote. engaging in radio programs in local languages can help empower the grassroots women. Capacity
building of their staff is crucial to the women empowerment process, and most especially the local
NGOs and CBOs should consider taking that into account because skillful staffs do what is required of them and this led to achieving the goal of empowering women in Kazo Sub-County
Kiruhura District. The government-CSOs relationship very crucial, they should start to look at
themselves as partners thriving for the same thing that is development, because women empowerment is very essential for development to be achieved. So, the two should start working
together. rather than competing for funds.
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A research report submitted to the college of humanities and social science in partial fulfilment for the award of a bachelor’s degree development studies of Kampala international university
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Civil society, Organizations, Women empowerment, Kiruhura district