Factor affecting Women Participation at Leadership Position In The Case Of Chiro Town Administration, West Hararghe Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

The main goal of this research is to look into the major elements that influence women's participation in leadership roles in Chiro administration public office. The study's goal is to determine the factor that influence women's participation in leadership roles in the local town administration. To attain this goal, a descriptive and explanatory survey design were employed, with quantitative and qualitative data were supplemented. The study was conducted in the Chiro town administration public office, with the study's target population being the total number of employees in the Chiro town administration office. The study's sampling methods was probability sampling, namely stratefied sampling.. The survey approach was used to collect data, and the instruments included questioners, interviews, and document analysis. The data collected through the questionnaire were examined by SPSS (Social package statistical software) statistically using descriptive and inferential statistics. Based on the major findings, The factors which contribute for women's low participation in leadership positions were categorized under three main factors: socio-cultural factor, organizational, and personal factors. It was observed those women’s career advancements are not affected by one factor alone but a combination of different factors. From these factors the research found that three factors (socio culture, personal and organizational) have decisive contribution for low participation of women in leader ship position. The result shows that a value of R square was fifty five point one percent. which implies that fifty five point one percent variation was caused by the considered independent variables. According to the respondents, there are organizational, socio culture and personal factors have major contribution to the low representation of women in the leadership positions of governmental organization respectively by proper implementation of women policies in the organization, equal treatment during assignment leadership position, providing training to build women’s capacity and creating awareness to the society that women capable for leadership position the researcher recommends that women should be encouraged and supported in order to compete on leadership positions