Socio-Cultural and Economic Drivers for Women Participation in Leadership of Nyeri County Cooperatives, Kenya.

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dc.contributor.advisorDr. Jane Njorogeen_US
dc.contributor.authorNjenga, Tabitha Wanjiku
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-18T08:43:56Z
dc.date.available2022-08-18T08:43:56Z
dc.date.issued2021-12
dc.descriptionA 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 Universityen_US
dc.description.abstractThis 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 shoulden_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKenyatta Universityen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/23962
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKenyatta Universityen_US
dc.subjectWomen Participationen_US
dc.subjectWomen Leadershipen_US
dc.subjectSocio-Cultural and Economic Driversen_US
dc.titleSocio-Cultural and Economic Drivers for Women Participation in Leadership of Nyeri County Cooperatives, Kenya.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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