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    Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Socio-Economic Welfare of Women in Kaptanya Sub-county in Kapchorwa District
    (Uganda Christian University, 2024-09-13) Emma Chelimo
    The study aimed at examining the effect of Gender Based Violence on the socio-economic welfare of women in Kaptanya Sub County in Kapchorwa district. The study was guided by three research objectives; to examine the effect of physical violence on the socio-economic welfare of women in Kaptanya Sub-County, to assess the effect of emotional violence on the socio-economic welfare of women in Kaptanya Sub-County and to establish the effect of verbal violence on the socio-economic welfare of women in Kaptanya Sub-County. The study adopted a descriptive research design and both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used for purposes of triangulation. A sample of 70 respondents participated in the study and the findings revealed that physical violence has a significant effect on the socio-economic welfare of women in Kaptanya Sub County in Kapchorwa district. This contribution is significant as reflected by regression analysis with R Square of 0.223 (22.3%) and P Value of 0.000. The study also established that emotional violence had a significant effect on the socio-economic welfare of women in Kaptanya Sub County in Kapchorwa district as depicted by a regression analysis with the R Square of 0.224 (22.4%) and a p value of 0. 000. Lastly, verbal violence was found to significantly affect the socio-economic welfare of women in Kaptanya Sub County in Kapchorwa district as represented by the regression analysis of the R square of 0.325 (32.5 %) and P value of 0.000. The study recommends that Kaptanya Sub County in partnership with the district should plan and carry out the different interventions including sensitization and capacity building trainings geared towards addressing GBV particularly directed towards women due to their gender.
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    Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme(UWEP) and women economic empowerment in Soroti City, Uganda
    (2024-09-04) Asekenye Damali
    Abstract This study investigated “Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP) and the Economic Empowerment of Women in Soroti City, Uganda. The main objective was to examine the contribution of Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme on women Economic Empowerment in Soroti City.A descriptive research design with both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used. A sample of 152 respondents was selected from a population of 260 The findings revealed the following: capacity building accounts for 0.2% of women economic empowerment in Soroti City. The P value was .621 which is greater than the significance level of 0.05; therefore, there was an insignificant effect of that capacity building in influencing women economic empowerment in Soroti City. It was also revealed that R2 value was .039 This implies that access to assorted inputs and technologies accounts for 3.9% of women economic empowerment in Soroti City. The P value was .015 which is greater than the significance level of 0.05; therefore, there was an insignificant effect on access to assorted inputs and technologies in influencing women economic empowerment in Soroti City. The results of the third research objective revealed that R2 =.002 This implies that effect of access to markets accounts for 0.2% of women economic empowerment in Soroti City. The P value was .613 which is greater than the significance level of 0.05; therefore, there was an insignificant effect of access to markets accounts in influencing on women economic empowerment in Soroti City. The study concluded that capacity building, assorted inputs and technologies and access to markets have insignificant effect on women economic empowerment in Soroti City. The study recommended that: Demonstration gardens to be established to enable farming groups adopt the application and use of new technologies to enhance the transfer of women’s practical skills to improve on farm productivity and production Government should provide market information on existing markets for products produced by women. If women groups are connected to suppliers and consumers of their goods and services, women are likely to fetch or get high prices for their good.