Challenges experienced by women in Self-help Group in Tinderet Sub-County, Nandi county Kenya
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 6
Abstract
The involvement of women in Self Help Groups (SHGs) has been encouraged on the grounds that it serves the welfare of its members through savings, investment, capacity building and loan services. Realizing this potential, governments and other stakeholders have promoted women engagement in SHGs with a view to enhance community development. Therefore keeping this in mind the study sought to examine challenges experienced by women in SHG’s in Tinderet Sub-County. The study adopted a conceptual framework to illustrate the relationship between the variables. The study adopted descriptive Survey research design which was both quantitative and qualitative. The target population comprised of all registered women self-help groups in Tinderet Sub-county which was 122 with 1220 members. In this study 10 percent of the target population was selected to get a sample of 12 self-help groups in the sub-county from the 122 women self-help groups. The researcher used simple random sampling method to obtain 122 members from 12 self- help groups. The study used interview schedule for members to collect data. The data collected was qualitative data and quantitative data. Qualitative analysis entailed organizing qualitative data into themes and patterns relevant to the research objectives. Quantitative data collected were summarized into frequencies and percentages by the help of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS).The results showed that the major challenges faced by women included the issue of collateral and family disputes
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BargoriaFinson Kiprop
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