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The main objective of this study was to investigate the contributions and challenges women’s
association for women’s economic empowerment in Addis Ababa city, Yeka sub-city The study
used mixed approach. A questionnaire was used to collect Primary data from women association
members and interview was used to collect data from associations; presidents. Comprehensive
sampling technique was used to collect the data. The findings of the study imply that civil society
organization contributed for women economic empowerment in the study by, facilitating skill
training, providing loan support, provision of working space, creating job opportunities for
members and improved saving culture. The major challenges of the associations to contribute to
womens economic empowerment include: Regarding the provision of training, the association
has not provided any kind of training by itself, Low loan repayments, members not getting
working space due to the problems of coordination by concerned bodies like MSE, women and
children affairs and other government bodies, Moreover the association was not able to facilitate
adequate creation of job opportunity because of the lack of cooperation with government bodies
like MSE and due to poor academic background of most of the members. The study
recommended that in one civil society organization Facilitated training provision, facilitated
loan service, working space, creating job opportunity and improving saving culture is important
issue to achieve women economic capacity. Therefore the study area some of the association
members have taken training supported by GO and NGOs and created job opportunities.
Furthermore, the association has facilitated a working place for those members coordinating
together with different sectors such as the women and children affairs bureau, micro and small
enterprise bureau, and other institutions. It is positive trend but not enough to bring about
women’s economic empowerment. So, more attention should be given to enhance more than this
by the concerned governmental bodies like MSE, and women and children affairs, non governmental bodies, and women self-help groups.
Key Words: economic empowerment, women, women association, contribution, challenges |
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