Women empowerment and perception on gender equality at work in Myanmar (Case study: Candidates of EMPA & EMDevS at YIE during the 2011-2012 Academic Year)
| Autor: | Thin Thin Oo, Khin Soe Kyi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | IOSR Journal of Business and Management. 16:39-44 |
| ISSN: | 2278-487X 2319-7668 |
| Popis: | An Institutional-based, cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted to determine gender equality and empowerment of women in Myanmar. Data were collected from 160 candidates who studying in Executive Master of Public Administration and Executive Master of Development Studies programs during the 2011-2012 Academic year at Yangon Institute of Economics. Self-administered, structured questionnaire was used focusing on socio-demographic, working condition, participation in decision making, and perception on gender equality at work. Independent t test was used to find out the mean difference of study variables between the men and women. According to the results, mean score of women participation in household and economic decisions were significantly higher than that of men at p value of 0.000 and 0.038 respectively. Similarly, women participation in social decision making was significantly higher than the men (p=0.003). However, mean perception score on gender equality at work among the men was significantly higher than the women (p= 0.024). In summary, women's empowerment in making decision was significantly higher than men; however, their perception on gender equality was significantly lower than that of male counterparts. It is hoped that the results of this study would provide supportive information in shaping policies and programs to promote women perception on gender equality at work so as to enhance their productivity in their workplaces. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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