Factors Affecting Rural Women's Participation in Functional Adult Literacy Program in Selected Woredas of Oromia Region

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2010-06

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Addis Ababa University

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TIle PUlpose oFdllS study was to JilVestigate f,lctors dlat afJect participation oFrural women in Functional Adult literacy pmgram Jil some selected woredas of Ormiya Region. It focuses miuilly on the i5,\"l1eS Jil d71-ee zones of OromiY,1 dlflt me;U1S west Shoa, SOUdl west Shoa iU1d East S110a zone . The source of dJe data for dle study weJ-e 600 women participants Jil FAL pmgram, 20 Functional Literaq traJneJ:5, 20 CSTCs Coon:linators ,20 woreda women afTaJi'S iUld 3 zone CSTCs Expel!s and 3 regional womeJ)~5 affaJi's expert.5. The sJil1ple random siul1phng technique HI,1S employed to select respondent ol dle study dJat meaJlS FAL Trainees and dle percentage was applied to analyze dle collected data. TIle reseaJ'Ch method dlat employed HI,1S desCliptive sUlvey medJOd, il17d the tools oldata collections were questi011lwi'es, structured Jilterview iU1d observation. Plllposive saJl1pllilg technique W,1S also conducted to select 3 zones ;U1d 20 woredas fi'om each zone, 20 Woredas ol CSTCs COOldlilatOl'S, woredas women's affiui-es and 20 wOl-edas oltraJilers Based on dleli- expenence aJKI dleli' l-elation to dle study . AVaJlabllity siul1pling tedJJ1ique was also employed to Regional women's affaJi'S, zonal women's ai/lui'S aJld Regional CSTCs experts because dley aJ'e small lil numbers. Rural women paJtiCliJation In FAL H11S velY low due to dle attitude aJld bebeves of dJe SOClety. The SOGety dlscouraged dleli' out home participation oFrural women il17d some of dlem were lliiterate. Shortages of rural liJiirlstructure and majonty of dle women participants come nvm.low JilCOme group. To allevlilte dlese pmblem lil1medJ;1te solutions would reqUli-e by Women's alfaJi'S, MOE aJld NCOs and adler concerned bodles.

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Affecting Rural Women's Participation

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