Gender equality on socio-economic development in Rubavu District, Rwanda
dc.contributor.author | Ndahiro, Etienne | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-21T09:00:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-21T09:00:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-09 | |
dc.description | A Thesis Presented to the School of Postgraduate Studies and Research Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree Master of Arts in Development Studies | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This report is a result of an academic research entitled ‘Gender Equality on soclo-economic development in Rubavu district”. It further looks at their involvement in their participation in socio-economic development process. The main purpose of this study was to find out the effort which gender equality have contributed to soclo-economic development in Rubavu district The study was guided by the three research questions. (I) Whet is the level of gender equality in Rubavu district? (ii) Does the value of gender equality promoted in Rubavu district can lead to socio-economic development? (iii) Who are the major financers of gender support in Rubavu district? A sample of 120 of respondents of selected from different officials’ representatives in Rubavu district was selected from a target population of 173 total population. Participants were selected through a purposive random sampling process. A questionnaire addressed to respondents was constructed to gain more information to the subject. SPSS was used to analyze all data. The data were processed using frequency distribution, interpretation. It was discovered that through gender equality in Rubavu district has been make a positive change in social, socio-economic, socio-political and socio-cultural. The study concludes that gender equality has a profound influence on the education, health care services and economic status, decision making power, and discovered that there is a significance positive development. A general conclusion was drawn based on the general research work, recommendations made given in order to have a common understanding about research. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/3859 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Kampala International University, College of Humanities and social sciences. | en_US |
dc.subject | Gender equality | en_US |
dc.subject | Socio-economic development | en_US |
dc.subject | Rubavu District | en_US |
dc.subject | Rwanda | en_US |
dc.title | Gender equality on socio-economic development in Rubavu District, Rwanda | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |