Factors affecting occupational development in dressmaking skills of young women in rural Myanmar | |
| Author | Claudia |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.RD-14-12 |
| Subject(s) | Occupational training--Myanmar Young women--Myanmar Rural women--Myanmar |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Regional and Rural Development Planning |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. RD-14-12 |
| Abstract | The general objective of the research was to assess factors affecting o ccupational development in dressmaking of young women in rural Myanmar. The specific objectives were to examine participation of young women and factors that are motivated in vocational training on dressmaking; to study business operation in dressmaking of young women and analyze factors affecting its continuation and discontinuation; to assess occupational knowledge gained and skill enhancement of young women obtained from the dressmaking training program; to evaluate economic effects of vocational trainin g on young women focusing on occupation, employment and income earned from dressmaking of young women; and to make recommendations to strengthen the implementation on occupational development program of dressmaking for young women in rural Myanmar. The re search was conducted in twenty seven villages in Demoso Township of Kayah State in Myanmar. The samples were drawn from young women who had been the trainees of the vocational training program on dressmaking from three different categories of the trainees from discontinuation of dressmaking after training; continuation of dressmaking after training and quit later on; and continuation of dressmaking after training. A standardized questionnaire survey was used as a prime tool for data collection. Field observ ation, in - depth interviews for case studies, key informants interview, focus group discussions were also used. The research applied both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Main findings of this research showed that many young women participated in several vocational training programs on dressmaking organized by KMSS - Loikaw which economic benefit was their main motivated factors. Some women were successful in establishing their business operation and some were not due to several factors. Their facili tating factors were high interest of young women in dressmaking, adequate occupational knowledge and skill, receiving equipment assistance, adequate financial support and receiving technical support from the expertise and constraining factors were low inte rest of young women in dressmaking, insufficient occupational knowledge and skill, inadequate capital, limited business experience, decreasing of marketing demand, lack of monitoring support and no technical support from KMSS - Loikaw. The women who had achi evements in their business operation were those who had high economic status and adequate occupational knowledge and skills in dressmaking, received equipment assistance and initial capital support from KMSS - Loikaw. These women had several positive impacts on them in the changes of primary occupation, employment status, and household income particularly from the dressmaking. The determinants of the dressmaking income based on this research were the shop - owner, equipment assistance and amount of financial su pport from family. There are rooms for improvements to enhance more benefits to young women particularly those from discontinuation of dressmaking after training and continuation of dressmaking after training and quit later on who were from poor economic s tatus and had low occupational knowledge and skills and lacked of financial resource to establish their business operation. Certain recommendations were given in this research in order to strengthen the occupational development program of dressmaking for y oung women in rural Myanmar. Those were focused on selecting criteria of trainees in vocational training program, monitoring technical aspects of dressmaking and organize additional skill training, providing adequate equipment assistance and sufficient ini tial capital, and disseminating marketing information. |
| Year | 2014 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. RD-14-12 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Rural Development, Gender and Resources (RD) |
| Chairperson(s) | Soparth Pongquan |
| Examination Committee(s) | Kusakabe, Kyoko;Ahmad, Mokbul Morshed |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | AIT Fellowship;Katholischer Akademischer Auslander - Dienst Germany |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2014 |