Opportunities and Challenges of Women's Political Participation in Addis Abeba. The Case of Kirkos Kifle ketema, Woreda 02

Master's Thesis from the year 2015 in the subject Sociology - Gender Studies, grade: Very Good, Bahir Dar University (Colleges of Social Science), language: English, abstract: This study explores the challenges and prospects of women's political participation in Kirkose Kifle Ketema Woreda 02. The study was guided by the following objectives; the first was to assess women's political participation in Kirkose Kifle Ketema Woreda 02 and how to empower women to participate in politics aimed at finding solutions towards political imbalance in Kirkose Kifle Ketema Woreda 02. This study was conducted through Qualitative research methods with three parts FGD, document analysis and one part interview schedule for collecting data from the respondents. The study was utilized purposive sampling technique. In this Wereda there are 12000 residences from this 5539 are female but in terms of participation in politics they are only 350.Six focused group discussion was held each group contains five female generally 30 participant and 8 interviewee was held with the residence and heads of women children and youth office. Data collection was analyzed using themes and explanations while comparing and contrasting the findings with the literature review part of the study.

My name is Abera Sisay. I was born in North Wollo Raya Kobo In 1980 GC I have a bachelor's degree in history major and minor civic and ethical education at Jimma University and MA in Gender and Development Studies at Bahir Dar University . I taught, Civics and Ethical Education in Addis Abeba Kirkose Kifle Ketema Temenja Yazh Secondary schools for six years. Now I am a regular staff members of o Gender and Development Studies Department at the University of Gondar (Ethiopia) since 2016. Now I have I planned to attend PhD Program Social Anthropology at University of Gondar.