Challenges and Opportunities of Capacitating Women in Leadership: The Case of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Civil Service Commission, Addis Ababa

Abstract

This study was aim to investigate challenges and opportunities of capacitating women in leadership the case of FDRE Civil Service Commission. Its followed the pragmatic philosophical perspective and strategically descriptive cross-sectional case study which designed as convergent mixed approach. By employing the questionnaire and interviews tools the collected data were analysed using frequency, percentage, mean and correlations. Following that the findings indicate that, as compared to men, the percentage of positions held by women was negligible, From the significant negative correlation result, it was inferred that as the influence of personal characteristics/trait to be a leader decrease, the opportunity of capacitating women in leadership decreases[N(196)=.-898, p=.000]. As the Preference of male than female in leadership decrease, the opportunity of capacitating women in leadership decreases[N(196)=.-879, p=.000]. As the organizational based opportunity decrease, capacitating women in leadership decreases [N(196)=.-904, p=.000], As the socio-cultural opportunity decrease, capacitating women in leadership decreases [N(196)=.-899, p=.000], As the other potential factors as opportunities decrease, capacitating women in leadership decreases[N(196)=.-911, p=.000]. Things that identified as opportunities from the view point of the majority of respondents, 116 (59.2%) and 112 (57.2%), respectively, concur that there is an enabling policy and a supporting structural environment for capacitating women in leadership. Based on the findings, it would be recommended to re-visit policy implementation and re-think on the approach of capacitating women in leadership.