Download This PaperWomen Empowerment and its Effects on Household Food Security in Kalagala Sub County of Luweero in Uganda
American Based Research Journal, Vol. 6 Issue 12, December 2017
23 Pages Posted: 11 May 2020
Date Written: December 1, 2017
Abstract
The study tends to ask why despite the fact that women have been exposed to various training programs in Kalagala there is still food shortage in terms of quality and quantity among households is thus portending food security issue in Uganda. The researchers objectivised the study through; examination of the empowerment women and its effect on household food security in Kalagala sub county of Luweero in Uganda and finding out whether the empowerment women receive equips them with skills and knowledge to maintain household food security in Kalagala sub-county of Luweero. Additionally, through conceptualization, the researcher was viewing at Women Empowerment and its effect on household food security and expected (though not hypothesized) that if women are empowered, they should have financial abilities and skills enhancement, and knowledge to help them acquire resources like land they can access credit which will help them in maintaining household food security. The study employed descriptive research design with both qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis being conducted in Kalagala sub-county of Luweero district, found in central Uganda. A sample size was 380 households drawn from Yamane (1967) formula. The researchers used both questionnaires and interviews to collect data. Data analysis of data was done both quantitatively and qualitatively. In its recommendation, Women's Empowerment should be viewed from the perspectives of the underlying principles. This therefore means empowering women is to enable them participate fully in economic life across available sectors as an essential to building stronger economies both locally and internationally to achieve the global goals from MDGs to SDGs.
Keywords: Women Empowerment/ Empowered Women/ Food Security Effects/Food Security/ Household Food Security/ Kalagala/ Luweero/ Uganda
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