Exploring the effect of Women empowerment on Sustainable development with Reference to Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLA) Partners of FVS-Amie des Enfants in Makamba Province

Abstract

The study set out to explore the effect of women empowerment on sustainable development in Makamba Province. The study used correlational research design and opted the quantitative   approach. The study used the population of 192 which gave the sample size of 130 determined using Slovin’s formula. The study used survey as data collection techniques and both primary and secondary source(s) of data were used. The quantitative data collected was analysed using SPSS 25.0 version where by Linear regression was used to test the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable. The results indicate that women empowerment explains 70.7% of the variation in sustainable development (R Square=.707). This meant that 29.3% is explained by other factors not considered in the study. The study concludes that the independent variable does contribute to effective sustainable development. Therefore, women empowerment should be emphasized on to improve sustainable development in Makamba Province.