EFFECTS OF GENDER MAINSTREAMING ON EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PROCESSES IN KWALE COUNTY, KENYA
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Across Africa, women and men often experience different opportunities, conditions and privileges; they earn different wages, do not have the same access to education and are not always equal before the law. The research was guided by the following specific objectives; to establish the effect of gender equality, gender equity, gender empowerment and gender audit on employee recruitment and selection process in the County Government of Kwale. It employed the socialist feminist theory, gender role ideology theory and the theory of liberal feminism. The target population was 193 employees in the County Government of Kwale who are directly involved in the process of recruitment and selection process specifically the middle and top-level management also including the Public Service Board. A census was therefore adopted. The study employed primary data sources.The study established that gender mainstreaming positively and significantly affect recruitment and selection at the Kwale County government. The study recommended that Kwale County government should consider gender equality, gender equity, gender empowerment and gender audit before they start any recruitment and selection process.
Key Words: Audit, Empowerment, Equality, Equity, Gender, Recruitment, Selection
CITATION: Mwango, R., Kwonyike, J., Kavale, S. (2024). Effects of gender mainstreaming on employee recruitment and selection processes in Kwale County, Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 11 (1), 705 – 715. http://dx.doi.org/10.61426/sjbcm.v11i1.2879
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