The Impact Of Higher Education On The Employment Of Women In Afghanistan
Volume 3 - Issue 6, June 2019 Edition
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Author(s)
Marina Mirzad Momeni
Keywords
Higher Education, Women's Employment, University Education
Abstract
This descriptive-analytic research aims to explain the issue of women's employment and their willingness to play a role in society and to obtain a better job position in the context of their acquisition of higher education and higher academic degrees. To this end, 300 Students and graduate students from undergraduate and postgraduate degrees were randomly selected from universities and organizations in Kabul. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire that examined women's views on the role of facilitator of higher education in employment and its role in improving job position as well as the employment status of women participating in the research in terms of academic degree and field of study. The reliability of the research tool was estimated to be 0.9. Descriptive methods as well as chi-square, strain and one way ANOVA were used to analyze the data. The results showed that the achievements of higher education have been accompanied by an increase in employment. Examinations also highlighted the role of higher education in job development and career advancement.
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