Factors Affecting Effectiveness of Socio-Economic Empowerment Programmes for GBV Survivors in Huruma Ward in Kenya

Njuguna, Maryanne Wairimu (2016) Factors Affecting Effectiveness of Socio-Economic Empowerment Programmes for GBV Survivors in Huruma Ward in Kenya. Masters thesis, Catholic University of Eastern Africa.

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Abstract

The purpose of the study is to examine factors affecting effectiveness of socio-economic empowerment for GBV survivors in Huruma Ward in Mathare slums, Nairobi County. The other specific objectives are: To examine how the level of funding influence the effectiveness of socio economic empowerment of GBV survivors in Mathare slums, Nairobi County; To investigate the level of training of socio economic empowerment programmes influence GBV survivors in Nairobi County; To determine how resource utilization of socio economic empowerment programmes affect GBV survivors in Mathare slums, Nairobi County and to examine how participation in of socio economic empowerment programmes affect GBV survivors in Mathare slums, Nairobi County. This study adopted both quantitative and qualitative research paradigms to collect information on what are the factors that affect the effectiveness of socio economic empowerment programmes from NGO workers, GBV survivors and their family members in Huruma, Nairobi County. For the quantitative paradigm, the study used a cross-sectional survey design to study the perceptions of GBV survivors and their family members on what affects the effectiveness of socio economic empowerment programmes in Huruma. A phenomenology design was used to find out the factors, experiences and views of NGO workers in Huruma, Nairobi County. The two designs (cross-sectional survey and phenomenology) was used because they complemented each other in that the limitation of one is made up for by the other. For example, questionnaires associated with cross-sectional survey will enable the researcher to gather information from a large group of respondents while interview guides associated with qualitative (phenomenology) design . The study employed two types of data collection instruments, interview guides for interviewing NGO workers and questionnaires for GBV survivors and their family members to collect data from the respondents about the factors that affect the effectiveness of socio economic empowerment programmes in Huruma Ward in Nairobi .Based on the presentation, 39% of the total respondents indicated that Level of funding on the Effectiveness of Socio Economic empowerment of GBV survivors in Huruma Ward in Mathare slums Kenya while 69% indicated that it did not affect at all. 63% of the total respondents indicated that level of training affects Effectiveness of Socio Economic empowerment of GBV survivors in Huruma Ward in Mathare slums Kenya while 37% did not agree. 81% of the total respondents indicated that lack of economic resources due to poverty affected the growth and development as a youth 13% indicated no while 6% indicated they didn’t know. 34% of the respondents stated that there are any other resources available for socioeconomic empowerment of Family Member’s relative while 66% indicated that there were no resources available.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Divisions: Africana
Depositing User: JHI Africa
Date Deposited: 19 Sep 2017 08:33
Last Modified: 19 Sep 2017 08:33
URI: http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/2292

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