Social empowerment of rural women to participation in sustainable development and its relationship to some percinalti, social, economic variables

Abstract

This study aimed at identifying the level of social empowerment, of rural women, in the sustainable development in each one of main fields, self confidence and self esteem, feeling appreciated by others, female education and marriage, the ability to made family decisions, membership of manegment and leadership, knowing that she is any to face any, membership in social commities, ability of management and leadership. And to identifying the relationship between the percinalti, social, economic variables and the level of social empowerment of rural women to participle in the sustainable development. And to determine the relative contribution of most important variables in explaining the variance in the level of social empowerment of rural women. The study was conducted in six sectors of the rural areas of Baghdad governorate, by sleeting one agricultural division representing each sector them random sample from the rural women was selected from these agricultural division the total sample of the study was 225 respondents, the data were collected by personal interview questioning and the statistical program used a statistical package for social science, it analyzes the collected data and the following statistical methods were used: person simple correlation coefficient, stepwise analysis, frequencies and percentages, chi square . The following represent the most important result of the research focused the majority of respondents were in the middle class and the percentage of the field self-confidence and self esteem were 61% while the field in the middle class and the percentage were 65.6%, while the field female education and marriage in the middle class and the percentage 55.5%. The field feeling appreciated by others in the high class and the percentage 76.1%, while the field the ability to made family decisions in the middle class and the percentage 59.01 %, the field membership in social commities grate namber of women were unmembership in social commities and the percentage 42%. And finally the field ability of management and leadership in the high class and the percentage 71.7% The result showed that there were amoral positive correlation between the social empowerment level of the rural women and the following research variables, income, housing status, social status, ambition level, women's self awareness in the society, leadership, informal social participation. There were four independent variables explains the variance in the social empowerment level of rural women, which are ambition level, women's self awareness in the society, informal social participation, housing status