Opportunities And Challenges Of Womens Political Participations In Ethiopia The Case Of Hadiya Zone Zonal Administration In Snnpr

The main purpose of this study was to assess the challenges and opportunitiesrnof women in political arena and to address challenges that they face in HadiyarnZone zonal administration in the SNNP. The thesis employed both qualitative andrnquantitative data in order to attain the objectives of the study. Women have beenrndenied from political participation and decision making merely because of thernfact associated with gender based viewpoint. The political, social and economicrndevelopment of a nation cannot be attained without equal participation ofrnwomen. Women's political participation insures gender equality among bothrnsexes by eradicating cultural gender based discrimination of female. Evenrnthough there have been some sorts of changes in male dominated political arena,rnwomen are not becoming politically prominent in decision making andrnrepresentation of their respective society. Moreover, their unreserved roles inrnpolitical sphere in the reality are still limited at a certain level. Householdrnburdens, backward traditional outlook, low educational background, absence ofrnself aspiration (willingness) among women to be competent in politics and malerndominated political environment have restricted the possibility of women to playrntheir prominent and persistent political role in the study area.

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