CHANGING ROLE OF WOMEN IN SOMALIA: AN EMPIRICAL SURVEY OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF SOMALI WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN BANAADIR REGION

Women business owners are an important and growing force in the local economy, both in terms of the number of participants and the gross revenues and employment they represent. Somali Women owned businesses are highly increasing in the economies of almost all regions in the country. The hidden entrepreneurial potentials of women have gradually been changing with the growing sensitivity to the role and economic status in the society. In this study, the researcher studied socio-economic contribution of women entrepreneurs in Banaadir region at three section Business, Jewelers sellers, Cloth sellers and Gasoline sellers in Bakaara market, Mogadishu, Somalia with the three major objectives to investigate the socio economic condition of women entrepreneurs, to explore the conditions of women entrepreneurs in family including their economic activities and to identify to some extent women entrepreneurs has a role position in the family Using purposive sampling, the researchers selected 110 entrepreneurs. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency; the researchers revealed that the women entrepreneurs contributed economic and social and changed their role towards the family and the community in Banaadir region, The study which was to identify to some extent women entrepreneurs has a role position in the family is identified that women entrepreneurs has great position in their family decisions according to the analysis of the research and The study explained to explore the conditions of women entrepreneurs in family including their economic activities is showed a positive economic contribution in their family, means they have made improvements towards economic growth of their family