EXTENSION REQUIREMENTS OF WOMEN SOCIO- ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT IN SIWA OASIS, MATROUH GOVERNORATE

The study aimed basically at: describing the level of respondent women empowerment in Siwa oasis, identifying the relationship between the level of respondent women empowerment and the studied variables, identifying the importance level of social and economic empowerment requirements, identifying the availability level of social and economic empowerment requirements and identifying the relationship between the importance level and the availability level of women empowerment in the study area. A systematic random sample of (310) women in Siwa oasis were selected to conduct the study. Data were collected through personal interviews with the selected respondent women using a questionnaire. The statistical analyzing tools used in the study were: Pearson’s correlation coefficient, Spearman’s correlation coefficient, in addition to frequencies, percentages, arithmetic mean, weighted arithmetic mean and standard deviation to present and describe data. The most important findings of the study were as follows   -  About (67.1%) of respondent women had a low level of social empowerment, while about (50.0%) of them had a low level of economic empowerment. -    There was a significant positive relationship at 0.01 probability level between the respondents social empowerment level and the following variables: educational level, family size, cultural openness, monthly income, aspiration level, willingness to take risks, exposure to the resources of agricultural information, attitude towards agricultural extension, extension communication and general knowledge. - There was a significant positive relationship at 0.01 probability level between the respondents economic empowerment level and the following variables: educational level, family size, cultural openness, monthly income, aspiration level, willingness to take risks, exposure to the resources of agricultural information, attitude towards agricultural extension and extension communication.