Assessment of Women’s Participation in Leadership Roles in Rural Community-Based Organisations in Gokana Local Government Area, Rivers State, Nigeria

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10.2991/978-94-6463-306-1_19How to use a DOI?

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Women participation; leadership roles; community-based associations; gender-bias

ABSTRACT

This study assessed the participation of women in leadership roles in rural community-based organisations in Gokana local government area of Rivers state. Simple random sampling was used to select 126 respondents for the study while questionnaire complemented with interview schedule was used to collect data from these respondents. Both descriptive and inferential statistics, namely mean, frequency counts, percentages and Binary Logit regression analysis was used to analyze the data collected from the respondents. Result shows that only few women (30%) occupy leadership position in the community-based associations they belong to. The major leadership roles carried out by women as indicated by respondents include positively influencing and supporting capable women to take up leadership roles (x̄ = 2.7), supporting women leaders in maintaining accountability (= 2.66) and influencing other members of the association towards achieving the group goal (x̄ =2.57). General gender bias (x̄ =3.69), traditional belief that women cannot lead men in mixed associations (x̄ = 3.55) and the belief that men are better leaders than women (x̄ = 3.33) were the major constraints to women participation in leadership roles. Socio-economic variables that influence women participation in leadership roles were age, educational status, household size and religion. The study recommends a re-orientation of the rural people and abolishment of traditional beliefs and practices that undermine women participation in community leadership by traditional rulers.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - C. C. Ifeanyi-obi
AU  - B. F. Ndee
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/18
TI  - Assessment of Women’s Participation in Leadership Roles in Rural Community-Based Organisations in Gokana Local Government Area, Rivers State, Nigeria
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th Biennial Conference of Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World Nigeria (OWSD 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 293
EP  - 306
SN  - 2468-5747
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-306-1_19
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-306-1_19
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