Participation of Women in rural saving and credit cooperatives: “A case of Shebedino District, Sidama zone, southern Ethiopia”
ABSTRACT I have done this research using qualitative survey method conducted to identify the participation of women in saving and credit cooperatives. This was done in Shebedino district, Sidama zone, South, Nations, Nationalities and people’s regional state, Ethiopia. The data was collected both from primary and secondary sources. Primary data was gathered from the administration of semi structured questionnaires. The questionnaires were focused on collecting the information about participation of women in saving and credit services. A sample size for this research consisted equal proportion of 30 female and male respondents from 3 saving and credit cooperatives. The study also used focus group discussion, interviews, and observation as primary data collection methods. 2 FGD participants (board of directors and non cooperative member women. Questionnaire was filled by key informants from regional, zonal and district level cooperative promoters. Observa