Assessment of Women Recruitment in Rwandan Public Institutions. Case study of Nyanza District.

Abstract

xi ABSTRACT The study entitled “Assessment of women Recruitment in Rwandan public institutions. The case study of Nyanza District”, was carried out in the Nyanza district public institutions, in southern province. The aim of this study was to assess how recruitment is conducted in Nyanza district in respect to equal access on both men and women particularly in public institutions, the process in which recruitment is conducted up to the job appointment. The research got information from different sources using different methods. The study used qualitative approach, and the research was conducted on the sample size of 45 respondents, where they were approached respectively to both sexes. The tools used in collecting data include interviews, questionnaires, focus group discussions and documentation. The findings of this study showed that despite different policies and laws that establish how recruitment have to be done, there is inequality of both men and women in recruitment in Rwandan public sectors especially in Nyanza sectors. Among the respondents asked 75% of them both men and women showed ineffective recruitment in Nyanza district. It has shown that in public institution 89% are men while women took the rest especially in low wages positions. Women stated that the causes of this imbalance among them are stereotypes used on them, corruption and nepotisms that lead to rejection of some candidates‟ sheets. On the respondents asked 90% of them stated that most of unfair activities start from written exams and interview, whereby they have total access to manipulate. The first steps of recruitment, which done online, is done in respect of the principles of equality; however the rest stages of the recruitment process do not consider the laws and order, this is where they are cheated. Despite the use of the electronic methods of recruitment, some recruitment stages are operated out of the electronic systems, which create a room for discrimination and corruption. Therefore, the recommendations and suggestions were stated to the government of Rwanda, Huye district and further researchers to increase the taking attention to the effectiveness on recruitment process.