أثر الخطط الذاتية في رفع مستوى تمكين المرأة الريفية اقتصاديا في قرية بيت محفد

Abstract EN

This study aimed to identify the impact of self-help plans on enhancing economic empowerment of rural women in the village of Bait Mahfad, Bani Matar District, Sana’a Governorate, highlighting key obstacles that hinder rural women empowerment to find out whether or not daily life self-help plans, if any, contribute to a better self-management and development empowerment.

Adopting a descriptive analytical method, the study overall population comprised 300 rural women in the village of Beit Mahfed.

A questionnaire and SPSS statistical program were used to analyze the study sample of 53) women.

The study revealed that there was a direct relationship between having a private project and financial income and the ability of participants' to freely act and make decisions, even though by a very small percentage.

Women spent what they earned in an attempt to improve their family situation, an indicator confirming that improving women's economic status enhanced family's standard of living, health and education by means of change of plan and sound economic management.