دور المشروعات الصغيرة في تعزيز مشاركة المرأة في المجتمعات المحلية في السودان: دراسة حالة فرع الزهراء النسائي ببنك البركة السوداني

Abstract EN

This study aimed at recognizing the role of small projects in motivating women's participation in the local communities in Sudan, in order to achieve the aims of the study, a questionnaire was designed.

The questionnaire which consisted of (26) items divided into three domains, namely: the economic domain, the social domain and the psychological and emotional domain.

The study population consisted of all women who benefited from the micro-finance program at Al-Zahraa Women's Branch , Al-Baraka Bank Sudan, their number was 100 women.

The study sample consisted of 84 beneficiaries who were chosen by the easy random method, and they constitute 84% of the study population.

The study found that the psychological-emotional domain ranked first with a mean (4.27) and a standard deviation (0.51), and the economic domain came in the second place with a mean (4.23) and a standard deviation (0.55), while the social domain ranked last with a mean (4.17) and a standard deviation (0.49) The arithmetic mean of the estimates of the study sample members on the domains as a whole was (4.22) with a standard deviation (0.52), which corresponds to a degree that completely agreed.

In light of the results of the study, the study came up with a set of recommendations, the most important of which are: The necessity of paying attention to young age groups to enhance their participation in pioneering projects, encouraging young age groups by the Central Bank of Sudan to enhance their participation in economic and social development.