Socio-Cultural and Economic Drivers for Women Participation in Leadership of Nyeri County Cooperatives, Kenya.
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Date
2021-12
Authors
Njenga, Tabitha Wanjiku
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
This study sought to establish how social cultural and economic drivers affect women
involvement and equal participation in leadership in cooperative movements. Although many
countries have been able to develop the appropriate measures, implementations are still the
major throwback to the realization of these development agendas. For sustainability, an
enabling environment should be created to enable all stakes to actively take part in
cooperative movement regardless of the various challenges. The study aimed to research on
how the social, economic and cultural drivers determine women’s ability to participate in the
running of and day to day activities of cooperative movement in Kieni East Sub County, in
Nyeri County, Kenya. The objectives of the study were: To examine how cultural drivers
affect women participation in leadership of Nyeri County cooperatives, Kenya. To examine
how social drivers affect women participation in leadership of Nyeri County cooperatives,
Kenya. To examine how economic drivers affect women participation in leadership of Nyeri
County cooperatives, Kenya.
The study used descriptive research design to accomplish its objectives. African feminism
and gender and development theories were picked and the target population was 205 women.
The study employed purposive sampling and the target members were identified and then a
selection of the members done with regard to the study objectives. The study used primary
data. The data was collected by use of both semi-structured questionnaires and interview
guides. Data analysis was conducted objectively. Statistical Package for Social Sciences
(SPSS) version 20.0 was utilized to analyse the collected data. Data analysis employed both
quantitative and qualitative analysis; quantitative analysis used both descriptive and
inferential statistics. Qualitative analysis on the other hand used content analysis. The
findings were the presented with the help of tables, frequencies, and percentages. Pilot test of
the measures was conducted against prospective sample population to measure validity and
reliability. Test re-test method was used to measure the validity of the research instruments.
The research found out that indeed social drivers affect women participation in leadership.
Economic drivers were the ones with great effects followed by cultural and then social
drivers. The study finally recommended that a similar study should be done in other sub
counties so that a close comparison can be done to understand the same issue in other areas. It
also recommended that stakeholders should
Description
A Research Project Submitted to the School Of Humanities and
Social SciencesiIn Partial Fulfilment of The Requirement for
the Award of the Degree Of Master of Leadership and
Governance of Kenyatta University
Keywords
Women Participation, Women Leadership, Socio-Cultural and Economic Drivers