Leadership Factors Influencing Girl Child Empowerment: A Case of Cara Projects in Kajiado West Sub County

Abstract

The study focuses on girl child empowerment in Cara projects in Kajiado County. The research examined how culture, organisational resources, organisational structures, and leadership styles influence the empowerment of the girl child in Cara Projects, Kajiado County. The study used a correlational research design and targeted concerned mentors and 45 girls as respondents. Data were collected using questionnaires, tabulated using frequency and percentages and presented through tables and charts according to the research questions. The study established that organisation resources, organisational culture, organisational structure, and leadership style represent 53.3% of factors influencing girl child empowerment at the Cara project. The study established that all four variables were significant to girl child empowerment. Organisational resources and leadership styles were positively and statistically significant to girl child empowerment at the Cara project. At the same time, organisational culture and structure were positive but not statistically significant to girl child empowerment