Suad Haji Hassan
Abstract
Background: The general objective of the study is to identify the role of women in state building in Somalia. The study specifically focusses on promoting awareness and changing societal attitudes towards gender roles, increasing the representation and active participation of women in political processes, promoting and expanding access to quality education and capacity-building programs for women and enhancing women’s involvement in peacebuilding processes and conflict resolution mechanisms at all levels.
Materials and Methods: The study was descriptive, cross sectional and quantitative in design. Cross sectional means to collect research data from the study area at one point in time and there is no need to collect data from the study area again and again. The study was quantitative in design. Quantitative research deals with numerical value of a particular issue in a particular time. In this type of design, there is no need to go deep into a problem but only to identify numeric values of the problem under investigation. 109 respondents were selected. Non-probability sampling was used as a sample technique. Questionnaires were used as a research tool and finally data was analyzed using SPSS.
Result: The majority of the respondents 61(56%) were Female while only 48(44%) were Male. The majority of the respondents 48(44%) were between 20 – 30 years, 33(30.3%) were between 31 – 40 Years, 20 (18.3%) were between 41 – 50 Years while only 8(7.3%) were above 51 years. The majority of the respondents 86(78.9%) were Female while only 23(21.1%) were male. The majority of the respondents 51(46.8%) were bachelor Level, 42(38.5%) were master level while only 16(14.7%) were PhD level. The majority of the respondents 91(83.5%) were employed while only 18(16.5%) were unemployed.
Keywords: State building, study area, Promote Awareness, Majority, Female, Male
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