Abstract

In the assertion of democracy, good governance, and development, there needs to be a fair and equitable representation of all members of the community in the political process of the country. Besides, women’s involvement in political leadership is imperative for the prevalence of democracy and good governance in the country. Accordingly, women’s participation in the legislative and executive leadership of the country can be determined by the attitudes and views of the society in general and political leaders in particular. The political leaders as the members of the society may not have different attitudes toward women’s involvement in the political leadership process of the particular country. This study was conducted for measuring the attitude of men and women political leaders toward women’s effectiveness in elected, appointed, and policy-making positions of government bodies. Accordingly, this study used independent sample t-test and chi-square test to measure the attitude of political leaders toward women’s participation and effectiveness in Ethiopian political leadership. It is found out that there was statistically a significant difference of attitude of political leaders toward the importance of women’s participation in elected and policy-making positions at p = 0.000, which is less than 0.05 of significant level. Comparatively, women political leaders have favorable attitude toward the relevance or importance of women’s participation in elected and policy-making positions than their counterparts. These emanate from the patriarchal political socialization and political culture that favor men’s involvement and domination in the productive activities including politics and leadership. Thus, the concerned government bodies should work on men in general and political leaders in particular so as to modify their attitude in the way that favors women’s participation and successfullness in the political leadership process of government bodies.

摘要

在维护民主、善政和发展方面，需要在国家的政治进程中公平公正地代表所有社区成员。此外，妇女参与政治领导对于该国民主和善政的盛行至关重要。因此，妇女在国家立法和行政领导层中的参与程度取决于整个社会尤其是政治领导人的态度和观点。作为社会成员的政治领导人对妇女参与特定国家的政治领导过程可能没有不同的态度。This study was conducted for measuring the attitude of men and women political leaders toward women's effectiveness in elected, appointed, 和政府机构的决策职位。相应地，本研究采用独立样本t检验和卡方检验来衡量政治领导人对埃塞俄比亚政治领导中女性参与和有效性的态度。结果表明，政治领导人对妇女参与民选和决策职位重要性的态度在p=0.000上存在统计学显着差异，小于0.05的显着水平。相比之下，女性政治领导人对女性参与民选和决策职位的相关性或重要性的态度高于她们的同行。这些源于父权政治社会化和政治文化，它们有利于男性参与和支配包括政治和领导在内的生产活动。因此，有关政府机构应针对男性，特别是政治领导人，以有利于女性参与政府机构政治领导过程并取得成功的方式改变他们的态度。