The Provisions for and Application of Women’s Entitlement for Urban Residence in Addis Ababa

Abstract

The study aims at investigating provisions for and application of women’s entitlement for urban residence in Addis Ababa. To this end a questionnaire survey was carried out to collect primary data from sample population and key informants. Document investigation involved assessment of international and regional documents as well as national constitutions, proclamations and regulations. Besides the analysis employed descriptive statistical techniques and factor analysis to identify the underlying factors.  The findings of the study identified that lack of a properly tailored policy or legal framework (constitutional provisions, laws and regulations), as a major gap.  On the other hand, Policy, habitability, affordability, tenure security, cultural adequacy, location & vulnerability and gender equality respectively having Eigen value above 1 are the underlying factors that affect provisions for and application of women’s entitlement for housing.   Both the qualitative analysis and low index score, signify very low performance (34.93 percent) proved the low level of commitment of the City’s administration in meeting its commitment in the realization of women’s right for urban housing. Finally, the study winds up by recommending the need for constitutional amendments, improving the performance of the city’s administration with respect to the seven component factors and raise its commitment in accordance to international agreements and norms.