Assessing the Effectiveness of Women Empowerment Through Comprehensive Urban Development Programs: A Case Study of Women in Poultry Business in Chingola

Women’s empowerment contributes significantly to the social welfare of the communities in addition to profiting from them. Due to this, several communities have said in recent years that one of their main objectives is to promote Women’s empowerment. By using a case study of the Chingola, its precise objectives were to ascertain how stakeholders and workers saw Women’s empowerment, to ascertain how much this obligation contributed to community development, and to ascertain the relationship between this responsibility and social welfare. To gather, process, analyze, and present data for the study, a quantitative design was adopted. The study used a sample size of 50 participants who were chosen using random and purposive selection techniques.

Findings indicate that 5 (5%) of the participants attained certificate level of education, 15 (15%) of the participants attained Diploma level of education, 70 (70%) of the participants attained Undergraduate degree level of education and 10 (10%) attained Master’s level of education. Also, Data gathered from respondents shows that 7(7%) of the participants were aged between 21-30 years, 60 (60%) were aged between 31-40 years, 30 (30%) were aged between 41-50 years and 3 (3%) of the respondents were 51 years and above. This information is also shown on the bar graph below. From the data gathered, 60% of respondents said poor funding is a factor that influence the implementation of the WEP in the District, 20% of the respondents said government policy is the factor that influence the implementation of the WEP in the District, 10% of the respondents said timing is the factor that influence the implementation of the WEP in the District, 8% of the respondents said feasibility of the project is the factor that influence the implementation of the WEP in the District while 2% of respondents said location is the factor that influence the implementation of the WEP in the District.

This study recommends that the government should improve the funding levels and procedures for the WEP. In fact, the WEP is befitting better funding because the majority of the women are poor and vulnerable. The Department of Community Development should re-look at the procedures and systems that surround the management of women groups. This is more so because it has been established that these procedures and systems.

Lastly, there is need for massive investment in this area so that the Department of Community Development should seriously embark on periodic needs assessment in order that the real needs of the community are identified and addressed.