Financial Inclusion and the Reduction of Violence Against all Women and Girls in Public and Private Spheres: A Case of Small Business Owners in Masaka District, Uganda

  • Olive Enid Nabiryo Faculty of Business Management, Azteca University, Mexico
  • Charles Edaku Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences Nkumba University, Entebbe, Uganda
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51699/cajitmf.v3i10.332
Keywords: Uganda, Business

Abstract

The researcher sought to establish the kind of linkages exist between financial inclusion and the reduction of violence against all women and girls in public and private spheres; a Case of Small Business Owners in Masaka District, Uganda.

The research adopted a mixed methods approach. A mixed methods approach advances the systematic integration of quantitative and qualitative data within a single investigation.

Results show that 11.4% of the women reached were in gainful employment while 88.6% of the respondents reported not to be in gainful employment and 66.7% of the respondents belonged to a financial savings and/or lending group and 33.3% of the respondents did not belong to any financial savings and /or lending group; 21.6% of the respondents indicated that women in their community experience some forms of violence; results looking at the previous 3 months show that; 32.4% of the respondents indicated that their partner insulted them or made them feel bad about themselves, 29.5% of the respondents indicated that they said or did something to humiliate them in front of others, 29.5% of the respondents indicated that they beat them, 24.8% of the respondents indicated that they threatened to hurt or harm them or someone they care about, 19% of the respondents indicated that they Physically forced them to have sexual intercourse with him/ her when they did not want to and 21% of the respondents indicated that they physically forced them to perform any other sexual acts they did not want to.

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Published
2022-10-19
How to Cite
Nabiryo, O. E., & Edaku, C. (2022). Financial Inclusion and the Reduction of Violence Against all Women and Girls in Public and Private Spheres: A Case of Small Business Owners in Masaka District, Uganda. Central Asian Journal of Innovations on Tourism Management and Finance, 3(10), 131-142. https://doi.org/10.51699/cajitmf.v3i10.332
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Vol. 3 No. 10 (2022): October 2022
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