Abstract

The purpose of this research is to explore the framework of female leadership in a rural area that has not yet been researched within Uganda. In this article a qualitative analysis of female leadership is conducted by examining the Ugandan Hope Development Initiative. Based on expert interviews, current characteristics of female leadership are analyzed and classified as well as contextualized with the relevant theoretical frameworks. The analysis shows the positive impact of the HDI in the socio-economic life of its female members. The results of this study are important insofar as they shed light on the basic structure of precisely those factors described above in a region that has thus far been insufficiently scientifically researched. This can lead to a better understanding of the subject of female leadership in rural East-African context.