Influence of Historical Stereotype on Women Access to Leadership in Murang’a County Government

Abstract

Gender equality in leadership is a practice and notion that is contested and obligatory requisite. The term gender parity has been acknowledged by mutually globally and by government Institutions. Appreciation of the impact of gender fairness is a pleasing objective required across many avenues in internationally progression practice. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of historical stereotype on women access to leadership in Murang’a County Government. The study was anchored on The Liberalism Theory. The study adopted descriptive research design, and the population under study comprised 159 senior government officers and political elite in Murang’a County Government and the legislative assemble of Murang’a. The study used purposive sampling in identifying persons with requisite knowledge of the concept of the study. The primary data was collected using the questionnaire and the secondary data was obtained from the government policy documents, gender policies annual reports, strategic plans as well as periodic reports both published and unpublished. The study findings were analyzed with the aid of SPSS software and Microsoft Excel Software and presented by use of tables and percentage for ease of data interpretation and consumption by the readers. The study established that historical stereotype was able to explain 60.4% of the variation in women leadership in Murang’a County Government as indicated by R-squared on 0.604. The study moreover established that there was a positive relationship between historical stereotype and women leadership. The study concluded that stereotyped point of view regarding women comprises key hindrances which include societal insight in relation to leadership aptitude of women’s lack of assertiveness in participation in political sphere and leadership positions. Owing to the findings, Women should be exposed to work in sections with higher amount of progressive advancement or in areas that transform to executive progression since they are not inferior provided they have the same qualifications with the male counter parts. Keywords: Historical stereotype, Women leadership Structured women empowerment, Murang’a County Government