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dc.contributor.authorSeremba, Claire Linette
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-13T14:58:24Z
dc.date.available2022-04-13T14:58:24Z
dc.date.issued2022-04-13T14:58:24Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/81553
dc.descriptionThe research focuses on determining how female students in and graduates of Nakawa in Uganda construct, and understand empowerment in relation to their educationen_US
dc.description.abstractIn Uganda, women have achieved significant progress in technical vocational education and training (TVET), both in institutions and in the workplace. However, entry and retention rates remain low, and women continue to face numerous challenges. The primary goal of this study was to determine how these young women interpret the concept of empowerment in the context of TVET. This study begins by investigating the experiences of female Nakawa students and graduates, including their decision to attend Nakawa, their challenges at Nakawa and in the workplace, and their interactions with male students and instructors. The participants' perspectives on empowerment are highlighted in this study through two themes: social and cultural attitudes, and individual sense of self. Overall, the young women's experiences show that Nakawa created an environment that was conducive to empowerment, since they established boundaries for fair enjoyment of rights inside the institute. Graduates, on the other hand, reported more difficult experiences because of discriminatory actions at their workplaces. Through the analysis of this data, empowerment is identified as a ‘process’ centred on the respondents' individual experiences.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectEmpowermenten_US
dc.subjectWomen's empowermenten_US
dc.subjectvocational education and training in Ugandaen_US
dc.subjectfemales in vocational institutesen_US
dc.subjectTechnical vocational education and trainingen_US
dc.subjectNakawa Vocational Training Institute (NVTI)en_US
dc.subjectskilled tradesen_US
dc.titleWomen's Empowerment in Technical Vocational Education and Training. Exploring perspectives of females from vocational institutes: A case study of Nakawa Vocational Training Institute (NVTI)en_US
dc.date.defence2022-03-29
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of International Development Studiesen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Artsen_US
dc.contributor.external-examinern/aen_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorDr. Matthew A. Schnurren_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerProfessor John Cameronen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerProfessor Nissim Mannathukkarenen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorProfessor Theresa Ulickien_US
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dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNoen_US
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