The Impact of Vocational Skills Training and Micro Finance in Empowerment of Women: in Support Scheme of Addis Ababa Women Association (Aawa)
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2011-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose oj this study was 1.0 assess the impact oj vocational skills training and
seed gmnl. in the empowerment oj women. To tilL,> end; a project based crosssectional
study wo...<; conductedJrom January 3 to F'ebruary 6, 201 1 in AA WA , toJind
out the impact oj vocational skills training and seed gmnL/ cr-edU: in the
empowerment oj women at individual level. BeneJiciaries, who had stayed one year
and above. were selected by using s imple mndom sampling method. Interviews were
administered; questionnaire were administered, in-depth interviews were held and
Focused Group Discussions were lL'>ed Jor data collection. Data were collectedJrom
mndomly selected 74 bene}iciaries and 3 top management members. The data
collected entered to a computer and analyzed llSing SPSS window ve rsion 1 7; using
descripl:ive research design. The variable llSed to assess the impact oj the pr(lject
was increase in income and saving d ecrease in vulnembility, pos itive change in
livelihood (llSing variable oj food, school Jees, healthcare, hous ing and clothes),
participation in the decision making at household le vel was also used. The study
revealed that the association ho...'> designed and implemented towards the
empowennenL oj women llSing tmining 0...<; a tool. Mqjority oj the beneJiciaries 84%
(47) save and the amount oj saving changed thr-ough time . It had been 15.45 ±
13.64 birr and now it was increased to 70 .11 ± 76.58. The majority 89.28% (50)
viewed that changc in thcir pcrsonal income was high. The majority 66. I %(37)
believed that c.h a nge in asset ownership and control was high. Regarding
livelihood aftcr they became thc benefiCiary; the majority of the respondents in a ll
variables (food intake, housing, school fees, clothes and h ealth care) indicated
there was a positive chan ge. Th ere was a lso change in d eciSion ma king pattern
after the intervention of AAWA a t h ou sehold level. Finally. the study realized that
there is connection between vocationa l skills training and microfinancc in the
cmpowcrment of womcn at the individual level.
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assess the impact oj vocational skills training