Abstract
Though the participation of women in economic development and community work usually realized low as a whole due to various reasons, the contribution of gender in creating the difference in terms of their status even among the participatory women is untouched area. For instance, the research conducted by Atinafu Diga (2013) on assessment of economic empowerment of women the related studies entitled Assessment of economic empowerment of Women in Kolobo kebele, Abay chomman Woreda dealt with only inadequate economic empowerment problems and low participation of Women in educational leadership areas respectively as their overall findings. As a result, this study is undertaken to assess the status of women disparity to participate in community work in case of kolobo kebele, Ambo town, Oromia Regional State; Ethiopia.This study is descriptive in nature. For this particular study, both quantitative and qualitative research approach were employed. In doing this research paper, of the total population,79 samples were selected from the town selected using simple random and purposive sampling techniques. Here, 79 were responded for the 20 close-ended questions of the questionnaire and another 10 were responded for open-ended questions of the interview. To analyses the quantitative data, techniques such as tabulation, percentages, and numerical figures were employed to. On the other hand, Narration and comparative discussion were covered to analyse the qualitatively collected data.
Highlights
1.1 Background of the Study Gender inequality is entrenched in social, economic, cultural and political structures and closely intertwined with every development challenge ranging from the elimination of poverty to the promotion of peace and democracy
National instruments put in place by the Ethiopian Government Recognizing the decisive roles of women in the socio-economic development process of the country and their lowest status, the Government of Ethiopia has taken legal and policy measures and programs, which are instrumental for addressing existing gender inequalities (MoLSA, 2012)
Find out the existence of insufficient level of awareness creation activities performed towards ensuring gender equality in the way it could hinder back the poverty of the large women
Summary
2.4 The Status of Women in Ethiopia Status of women are their position or rank in relation to others, usually compared with that of men; measured in terms of educational attainment, employment and remuneration, occupational type, access to services and benefits, opportunities to participate in decision making and politics It indicates the place of women in a society to enjoy certain privileges, rights, duties, roles, power and authority. National instruments put in place by the Ethiopian Government Recognizing the decisive roles of women in the socio-economic development process of the country and their lowest status, the Government of Ethiopia has taken legal and policy measures and programs, which are instrumental for addressing existing gender inequalities (MoLSA, 2012). It has to be used this type of research method to assessed impacts of gender difference in community work
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