Role of Women in Natural Resource Governance in Dormaa Central Municipality | Chapter 01 | New Ideas Concerning Arts and Social Studies Vol. 6

 

Preservation and safeguarding of natural resources cannot be downplayed in this epoch of climate change and food insecurity across the globe. It requires concerted efforts from all classes of people and genders to liberate the globe from the impending dangers associated with the mismanagement of the available natural resources. Given this, the study was designed to assess the roles of women in Natural Resource Management (NRM) in Dormaa Central Municipality. The study used a mixed-method research design where both qualitative and quantitative data were collected using a structured questionnaire and interview guide. Simple random sampling and purposive sampling methods were used to select respondents for the study. After data collection and analysis, it was discovered that women in the municipality were underrepresented in the various committees and meetings towards NRM. Notably, 84.4% of the women interviewed reported that they have never sat in any meeting discussing how to manage forest, water, and land resources in their communities. Additionally, women were playing some roles in protecting the natural resources, and these were: managing the public standpipes (vendors), joining fire volunteer groups, and afforestation programmes. Also, the perceived masculine-gender superiority was a challenge. The findings showed that 87.6% of landowners in the Municipality are men, benefiting from systems that make land acquisition easier for them. Based on these findings, the study recommended that the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Forestry Commission, and Dormaa Central Municipal Assembly should embark on intense sensitisation and education across the entire municipality on the roles of women in natural resource management. Secondly, the Gender Desk Officer should periodically organise forums and workshops with women's groups in the municipality and enlighten them about their roles in society, and not belittle the feminine gender. The study highlights systemic underrepresentation of women in NRM and calls for gender-sensitive reforms in policy and practice to ensure sustainable governance of natural resources.

 

Author(s) Details :-

 

Fiasorgbor Doris A
Faculty of Development Studies, Presbyterian University, Akuapem Campus, Ghana.

 

Atogiwe Felicia
Faculty of Development Studies, Presbyterian University, Akuapem Campus, Ghana.

 

Please see the book here :- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/nicass/v6/6478

An Assessment of Leadership Styles and Personality Characteristics of the Leaders| Chapter 1 | Current Research in Language, Literature and Education Vol.8

 There are articulations saying 'The school is the head, and the chief is the school'; 'The ensemble is the director, and the director is the ensemble'; and 'When two elephants battle, what endures is the grass'. What do we grasp by these articulations? It is profoundly lamented that there are a few forerunners in South Africa who don't have the constitution booklet of South Africa and are curious about its items. This is mind blowing, yet a reality. A portion of these pioneers, their specialty of talking is inadmissible. They can express anything whenever to their subordinates. A portion of these pioneers like exposure, need to be seen and to be loved. These pioneers can't separate among authority and possession. Some have kicked the bucket, long covered and some are as yet battling to pass on in view of their own precursors. This study looks to decipher the unjustifiable work practice embraced by certain forerunners in both private and public areas, by evaluating chosen authority styles and character attributes of the pioneers. The inquiries raised for this study are: 1) Is the exceptional job of precursors essentially defensive, restorative and pointed toward offering guidance to their living wards? 2) are these pioneers destined to be pioneers? 3) are these pioneers prepared to be pioneers? or on the other hand 4) are these pioneers made to be pioneers? furthermore, 5) What is the power and meaning of predecessors in African practices? The essential sources incorporate oral meetings that were directed through eye to eye cooperation. The meetings were pointed toward evoking direct data on the information on the topic. The auxiliary sources included among others, materials, for example, Journal articles, books and postulations, and obviously private experience. During interviews, it was laid out that a portion of these pioneers are presumptuous, despotic, and forceful due to feeling of inadequacy, heredity, and family issues. Unexpectedly, they need to change over scholarly field in the event of the scholarly world or any working environment into a front line. Closer examination has uncovered that there are pioneers who are not conceived pioneers, need initiative and administrative abilities, and there are pioneers who are assuming a liability to be an honor. The consequences of this study propose that for the smooth running of the division/association and to establish a positive workplace, convention ought to be noticed for the consideration of the administration. It was presumed that a portion of these pioneers were made to be pioneers and are not possessing the necessary experience and capabilities according to promoted positions.

Author(s) Details:

Morakeng Edward Kenneth Lebaka,
Department of Creative Arts, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zululand – KwaDlangezwa Campus, South Africa.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/CRLLE-V8/article/view/7929