Women's participation in income generating activities for poverty alleviation

dc.contributor.advisorSinda, Sinda Husseinen_US
dc.contributor.authorIringo, Claudia Williamen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-07T19:44:27Z
dc.date.available2010-06-07T19:44:27Z
dc.date.issued2007en_US
dc.description.abstractIn 2002, the Pole Pole Ndiyo Mwendo Women Economic Group was established with 20 women members. The group is situated in Bunju 'A' village at Bunju Ward in Kinondoni Municipal about fifteen miles to the north of Dar es Salaam. One of the main objectives of the group is to reduce poverty among women themselves through their own initiatives, joint efforts, time and resources. However the group aims to improve the standard of living through women economic empowerment and participation which lead to employment creation, income - generation and skill transfer. The mission statement is to improve the welfare of women in Bunju Ward through initiation of Income Generating Project. This could be done by promoting the education of involving women in development efforts throughout the ward. Their activities are about Income generating activities that is expected to generate some money for the use by the members. Currently, the group is performing the following activities; weekly contribution, small business, gardening and making traditional mats. This project proposal developed out to assist the members of Women Economic Group and entire Bunju community to improve the living standard of uneducated and poor women who are characterized by low income and expenditure, poor nutritional status, low education attainment, lack of representation and inequitable share of power in household decision-making. The survey findings revealed that, low level of education and ignorance; lack of working capital and access to credit; inadequate entrepreneurship and application of modern technologies, contribute to low participation of women in economic activities, thus accelerating the low household income and widespread of abject poverty in Bunju community. (Author abstract)en_US
dc.description.bibliographicCitationIringo, C. W. (2007). Women's participation in income generating activities for poverty alleviation. Retrieved from http://academicarchive.snhu.eduen_US
dc.description.degreeMaster of Science (M.S.)en_US
dc.description.schoolSchool of Community Economic Developmenten_US
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10474/366
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSouthern New Hampshire Universityen_US
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dc.rightsAuthor retains all ownership rights. Further reproduction in violation of copyright is prohibiteden_US
dc.rightsHolderIringo, Claudia Williamen_US
dc.sourceOriginal format: Bound CED Project Report, Shapiro Library, Southern New Hampshire Universityen_US
dc.subject.lcshSouthern New Hampshire University -- Theses (Community Economic Development)en_US
dc.subject.lcshOpen University of Tanzania -- Theses (Community Economic Development)en_US
dc.subject.otherwomen empowermenten_US
dc.subject.othergenderen_US
dc.subject.otherfinancial literacyen_US
dc.subject.otherasset accumulationen_US
dc.subject.otherBunju Ward (TZ)en_US
dc.subject.otherKinondoni District (TZ)en_US
dc.subject.otherDar es Salaam Region (TZ)en_US
dc.subject.otherTanzaniaen_US
dc.titleWomen's participation in income generating activities for poverty alleviationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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