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Engaging Men in Women's Economic Empowerment in Butiama District, Mara Region, Tanzania

Engaging Men in Women's Economic Empowerment in Butiama District, Mara Region, Tanzania

A. N. Sikira, T. Matekere, J. K. Urassa
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781522530183|ISBN10: 1522530185|EISBN13: 9781522530190
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3018-3.ch015
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Sikira, A. N., et al. "Engaging Men in Women's Economic Empowerment in Butiama District, Mara Region, Tanzania." Handbook of Research on Women's Issues and Rights in the Developing World, edited by Nazmunnessa Mahtab, et al., IGI Global, 2018, pp. 252-268. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3018-3.ch015

APA

Sikira, A. N., Matekere, T., & Urassa, J. K. (2018). Engaging Men in Women's Economic Empowerment in Butiama District, Mara Region, Tanzania. In N. Mahtab, T. Haque, I. Khan, M. Islam, & I. Wahid (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Women's Issues and Rights in the Developing World (pp. 252-268). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3018-3.ch015

Chicago

Sikira, A. N., T. Matekere, and J. K. Urassa. "Engaging Men in Women's Economic Empowerment in Butiama District, Mara Region, Tanzania." In Handbook of Research on Women's Issues and Rights in the Developing World, edited by Nazmunnessa Mahtab, et al., 252-268. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3018-3.ch015

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Abstract

The chapter addresses women's income poverty using men as active participants in empowering women economically. Butiama district was used as a study area, using 120 women and their husbands who were beneficiaries of the programme dealing with loan provision. As an outcome of the study, men had little participation in women's economic activities, hence, women's economic empowerment was at medium level. Unlike men, women's income was used for fulfilling basic needs of the family, therefore, had little impact on their economic empowerment. By conclusion, men as decision makers have high impact on women's economic empowerment. It is recommended that, awareness creation among men would enhance their participation in empowering women. Improvement of women's access to and control over production resources would improve their income. It is recommended that lobbying and advocacy approaches should be applied to enable women's control over the production resources.

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