Determinants Of Women Empowerment: Evidence From Welenchiti Town, East Central Ethiopia

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the factors influencing women’s empowerment in Welenchiti town, East Central Ethiopia. An explanatory research design with an integration of a quantitative research approach was used. The data were collected using a questionnaire from women (married women from male household heads and female household heads). The collected data was processed and analyzed using ordered logistic regression analysis with the help of SPSS software version 26. Keeping other independent variables constant, the findings show that a unit increase in monthly income increases women’s empowerment by 1.001 units. Similarly, one unit increase in monitoring and evaluation and access to training results in a 4.133 and 7.396 unit increase in women’s empowerment, respectively. On the other hand, for every unit increase in gender discrimination and family burden, women’s empowerment falls by 0.176 and 0.608 units, respectively. Therefore, the researcher suggested that proper attention be paid to the implementation of women’s empowerment strategies and policies in the study area.