Effects of financial inclusion on women empowerment :

Abstract

The critical purpose of this study was to examine the effect of financial inclusion on women empowerment in Pallisa Market Tomato Vendors. Financial inclusion was viewed in three dimensional constructs consisting of Usage of financial services, Accessibility to financial services and Quality of financial services. A stratified random sampling technique was applied to choose the target population and simple random sampling techniques were used to select the target respondents. Participants under this research were chosen from various positions served at the SACCO. Totally, 60 participants who were the target population were involved in the study and a sample of 40 participants were selected as the respondents in the study. The method used in the study was quantitative approach which employed closed ended questionnaire as a major tool of data collection. The study used descriptive statistic (frequency, mean, and standard deviation), regression and correlation analysis. The study findings concluded that Usage of financial services, Accessibility of financial services and Quality of financial services have positive significant effects on Women empowerment. However, findings also indicate that there exists a positive relationship between financial inclusion and women empowerment.