Browsing by Author "Seifu, Hanna"

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    Contributing Factors for Under-representation of Women in the Leadership Positions of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2015-01) Seifu, Hanna; Waktola, Gemechu (PhD)
    The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) is the largest financial institution and one of the major employers in Ethiopia. Although the number of both female and male employees of the bank increased over time, the representation of women in leadership positions remained limited. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate factors contributing to underrepresentation of women in leadership positions of the CBE and to further suggest remedial action for improving women’s participation in the leadership positions of the Bank. This study was guided by gender organization system theory which assumes that women’s advancement to organizational leadership is influenced by the interaction of their own gender, organizations and the broader system that shapes values, attitudes and behaviors of people in organizations. Descriptive survey was adopted for the study involving both quantitative and qualitative techniques. A total of 200 respondents from the target population were sampled; where 100 female and 40 male managers were selected purposively and 60 non-managerial female employees were sampled using snowball sampling technique. The required data was collected using questionnaires and interview. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages were used to analyze the data. The study identified societal, organizational and personal factors that contribute to the underrepresentation of women in the leadership positions of CBE. In general, the study revealed that societal belief regarding gender roles; over burden of women by household responsibilities and lack of role models of successful women leaders were the most important constraints, among others, that hinder women advancement to leadership positions in CBE. This study indicates that given such top factors which are holding women from promoted to the leadership positions of CBE, establishing integrated effort and strategies that affect change at the individual, organizational and societal levels is crucial in order to improve women’s participation in the leadership positions of the Bank. Key words: Gender, leadership, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, underrepresentation, GOS
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    Educational Provision and Prospect of Female Students with Visual Impairment at Addis Ababa University in the College of Law and Governance
    (AAU, 2020) Seifu, Hanna; Teklemariam, Alemayehu Dr.
    The main purpose of this study was to explore the state of educational provision and prospect of female students with visual impairment at Addis Ababa University in the College of Law and Governance. The method used to conduct this study was qualitative research approach with case study design. To collect relevant data, semi-structured interview was conducted with seven female students with visual impairment among these two of them were fifth year three of them were forth year and two of them were third year students. The interview includes about the educational provision, accessibility of the information, adaptive technology and challenges face during their stay in the university. The head of the college, a teacher, the gender expert, the teaching learning expert and special needs students‟ support expert were also purposefully selected to participate on the interview in order to get adequate data. The data were analyzed thematically. The findings of the study indicated that there were some teachers‟ lacking awareness on how to give special support for female students with visual impairment, the libraries were not nearby to their dormitory and resent books written on Braille were not available according to their needs, and also there were only one exam room for all students with visual impairment in the main campus and lack of exam readers at the university who were trained for this purpose to support students with visual impairment. At the end based on the finding, recommendations have been provided