Social-Cultural Factors and Women’s Participation in Higher Educational Leadership in Mogadishu, Somalia
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Date
2024-04
Authors
Abdikarim, Shamsa
Otieno, Daniel
Kariuki, Damaris
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EdinBurg
Abstract
Participation of women in leadership, particularly in higher education is an issue that attracts
global attention from educational practitioners. The SDG 5 data shows that the world is not on
track to achieve gender equality by 2030. Women’s representation in positions of power and
decision-making remains below parity. Women’s participation in government, research, and
resource management remains far from equitable to that of men. It is with this background that
this study sought to investigate the relationship between social-cultural factors and women's
involvement in higher educational leadership in Mogadishu, Somalia. The social feminist
theory is employed to theoretically anchor the study. Pearson's correlational design was
employed. Descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation, frequencies, and percentages
were used while Pearson correlational analysis was used to establish correlations. The findings
revealed that social-cultural factors (r = -0.631, p<0.05) had a negative and significant
relationship with women's participation in higher educational leadership. The study concluded
that social and cultural factors contribute significantly to the decrease in women's participation
in higher educational leadership in Somalia. The study recommends that university
management should discourage gender stereotyping when it comes to leadership by
encouraging and training employees to adopt a universal leadership mindset.
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Keywords
Social-cultural factors, women’s participation, higher educational leadership
Citation
Abdikarim, S., Otieno, D., & Kariuki, D. (2024). Social-Cultural Factors and Women’s Participation in Higher Educational Leadership in Mogadishu, Somalia. Journal of Education, 4(2), 35-47.