Contribution of Women Development Fund Provided by Shinyanga Municipal Council on enhancing Women Economic Empowerment.

Hyera, Pascal Hyasint (2022) Contribution of Women Development Fund Provided by Shinyanga Municipal Council on enhancing Women Economic Empowerment. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The study sought to investigate the impact of Women Development Fund on the empowerment of women in Kitangili Ward. The study objectives were; to assess the contribution of women development fund of Shinyanga Municipal Council on enhancing Women economic empowerment at Kitangili Ward. Also to identify the women project supported by women development fund of Shinyanga Municipal Council on initiation and Implementation of women livelihood improvement, to explore level of access to and control of resource among Women through government Fund, to examine the socio-economic services accelerated by women development fund of Shinyanga Municipal Council to women under study area. The study employed cross sectional research design to collect and obtain data. Other methods employed in data collection were questionnaire and documentary review. The study had sample of 150 respondents and multiple response analysis technique was used in analyzing the results. The findings established that women under women development fund had medium access to and control over resources, also enable them to initiates projects such as vegetable selling and fruits. Livestock keeping and selling households soaps and cosmetics, also WDF enabled women to pay school services, contributes to households expenses. A study recommends to the Council that they should ensure consistent training to women received the fund and monitoring and should also be done regularly for proper use and attainment goal which is to empower women. Keywords: contribution of Women, development fund, enhancing Women, economic empowerment

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