Cause for Women's Unemployment and Its Obscurity on their Life in Dire Dawa: The Case of Genda Tesfa Sub- Quarter

Shambel Tufa Telila

Abstract: The rationale of this paper was to investigate the cause of womens unemployment and its obscurity in Dire Dawa city in sub-quarter of Genda Tesfa. The study tried to examine the causes of women unemployment such as level of education, marital status and rural- urban migration from the surrounding area to urban centers of Dire Dawa particularly to Genda Tesfa sub-quarter. The researcher found that peoples who were migrated from rural areas of Hararghe to the sub- quarter of Genda Tesfa was that majority of the migrants Afan Oromo speakers, and the peoples of Genda Tesfa too speak Afan Oromo. The researcher used both primary and secondary sources of data to explore the causes for women unemployment and obscurity in Genda Tesfa sub-quarter. Anthropologists need to have a concern about the ethical consideration for the society under study (the host society). Everything about the society under study would be kept in secret or not exposed without the consent of these societies. The study also has its own methodology, study design, source of data, instruments of data collection, and qualitative methods of data analysis and interpretations. Lastly the researcher tried to conclude the finding with single paragraph.

Keywords: Womens unemployment, the obscurity of unemployment

Edition: Volume 6 Issue 3, March 2017,

Pages: 1574 - 1577