Challenges of Employed Women’s Decision Making in Government Offices: The Case of Nekemte Town
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2015-07
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A.A.U
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The purpose of this study was exploring government employed women's decision making
problems in the offices in which they were working in Nekemte town. These problems had been
a common phenomenon in government institutions in Nekemte town and they demanded
conclusive evidence to be known enough so that the concerned individuals take proper corrective
measures. The study was then made with the objective of drawing the attention of the
government and the policy makers towards the problems so that firm policy documents would be
adopted and enacted to that end. The study addressed the current state of government employed
women's decision making problems in Nekemte town by using questionnaires, interviews and
focal group discussions and came to the real extent of government employed women's decision
making problems in the town. The result of the study then indicated that government employed
women in Nekemte town almost did not make decisions in their institutions in spite of the
policies, binding national and international conventions, resolutions and declarations for the
equal participation of women in decision making as one part of women's an inalienable human
rights. It was then strongly recommended that the government, the policy makers and all
responsible individuals do their best for the improvement of government employed women's
decision making in Nekemte town.
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Challenges of Employed Women’s Decision Making