Determinants of Women’s Empowerment and Household Poverty Reduction in Imbulpe DS Division, Sri Lanka

S. Rathnachandra, S. Malkanthi
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Women empowerment and poverty reduction are interrelated key driving forces to achieve the sustainable development of a country. However, most of the women farmers in rural areas have lack of access to adequate assets and resources, credit facilities and freedom of decision making within the households. Therefore, women empowerment is a timely important requirement to reduce the household poverty among them. This study was conducted to identify the determinants of empowerment of women farmers and also roles of them in reduction of poverty in Imbulpe Divisional Secretariat (DS) Division in Sri Lanka. In this study, 238 women farmers were selected using simple random sampling method, from purposively identified seven Grama Niladhari (GN) divisions in this area. Primary data was gathered from a field survey using a pre-tested, self-administered questionnaire from May to July 2019. Descriptive statistics and chi-square analysis were used as the statistical methods in data analyzing process. The result revealed that, age, education, monthly income of the respondents, economic resource accessibility, participation in decision making and freedom of mobility act as the determinants of empowerment of women farmers. The moderately significant positive nature of relationship was showed between the age of the women farmers and their role in poverty reduction. And also, the level of education, monthly income, economic resources accessibility of the respondents and participation of decision making within the household of the women farmers were showed moderately significant positive relationship with their role in poverty reduction. Therefore, encourage women farmers as rural entrepreneurs while performing their farming practices to earn additional income, enhance economic resource accessibility and motivate women farmers to express their ideas for enhance the active participation in the household decision making process are timely important requirements to empower women farmers and enhance their role in poverty reduction.
妇女赋权和家庭减贫的决定因素,Imbulpe DS司,斯里兰卡
妇女赋权和减贫是实现国家可持续发展的重要动力。然而,农村地区的大多数女农民缺乏获得足够的资产和资源、信贷便利和家庭内决策自由的机会。因此,赋予妇女权力是减少她们家庭贫困的一项及时的重要要求。进行这项研究是为了确定赋予妇女农民权力的决定因素,以及她们在斯里兰卡Imbulpe司秘书处(DS)司减少贫困方面的作用。本研究采用简单随机抽样的方法,从该地区有目的确定的7个Grama Niladhari (GN)区选取238名女农民。2019年5月至7月,通过预先测试的自我管理问卷进行实地调查,收集了主要数据。在数据分析过程中采用描述性统计和卡方分析作为统计方法。结果显示,年龄、受教育程度、受访者月收入、经济资源可及性、决策参与和行动自由是决定女性农民赋权的决定因素。妇女农民的年龄与其在减贫中的作用之间存在中等显著的正相关关系。受访妇女的受教育程度、月收入、经济资源可及性和家庭决策参与程度与她们在减贫中的作用呈中等显著正相关。因此,鼓励女农民在从事农业生产的同时作为农村企业家赚取额外收入,提高经济资源的可及性,激励女农民表达自己的想法,加强她们对家庭决策过程的积极参与,是赋予女农民权力和增强她们在减贫中的作用的及时重要要求。
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