Eastern Zone DCSA
Eastern Zone DCSA Eastern Zone DCSA
Figure 1: Number of male and female respondents within districts Figure 2: Percentage of respondents within districts (by gender) 1.4. Focus Groups Discussions The second research tool utilized was a series of Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) aimed at capturing participants’ perception on security and justice providers (formal and informal), governance providers and the dynamics and experiences of conflict and violence. The FGDs were conducted from the 3rd to 5th March at the OCVP’s office in Mogadishu and Ramaada Hotel; each discussion group lasted for about an hour. A total of eight groups were involved in the FGDs: Women, Men, Youth, Business Persons, Internally Displaced Persons, Religious Leaders, Traditional Elders and District Peace Committees with each group roughly consisting of 10 participants. Qualitative research participants were recruited from all districts including Heliwaa district. Four group discussions were moderated per day by 2 OCVP researchers over the course of 2 days. The moderators used FGD questionnaires to guide, but not limit, the scope of the discussion with the help of trained note takers who recorded both consensus and dissenting views in order to increase understanding of the subject under discussion. OCVP’s Mogadishu office recruited local organisers to assist in the recruitment of the participants, using criteria based on clan-lines, geographic coverage, social class, gender and age group. 1.5. Key Informant Interviews The third tool utilised for data collection was personal interviews with key informants who possessed experiential knowledge about 3
the themes under investigation. The aim was to go deeper into the subject areas and cross-validate the issues raised in the FGDs. The interviews were conducted from 14th to 24th March 2014 at the respective offices of the interviewees, Ramaada hotel and OCVP offices in Mogadishu. Each interview lasted for about half an hour, although some interviews with the local authorities were shortened due to their busy schedules. Eleven key informants were interviewed, including: District Commissioner, Deputy District Commissioner, District Administration Secretary, District Court Commissioner, Religious Leaders, Key Business Persons, Traditional Elders, Regional Court Chairperson, District Police Commissioner and Legal Expert. The local organiser assisted in the scheduling of the interviews which were conducted by OCVP researchers beginning with questions that were tailored to the interviewee and then generally cut-across the thematic areas of governance, justice, security and conflict and violence. Police officers declined to be interviewed. 1.6. Limitations Collecting data from conflict-zones is problematic, and collecting data from Mogadishu was no different despite it being in a nascent, albeit fragile, post-conflict stage of recovery. There were numerous limitations and challenges faced during the data collection with a general misgiving and distrust of any data collection reflected in the participants. Below are the most notable limitations that could affect the value of the findings. Sample Size With the lack of accurate population statistics, it was difficult to calculate a representative sample size for each zone with the use of conventional sampling formulas. To manage this, OCVP employed a sample size formula that is not heavily dependent on accurate population statistics and leant on the data provided by HIPS. Secondly, it was difficult to spread the required number of questionnaires according to the different possible sampling locations. This in turn could possibly have compromised the representativeness of the data, and despite mitigating measures to address this being limited the OCVP tried to ensure data was as geographically representative as possible. Quantitative limitations A representative sample size of 483 households was calculated for the eastern zone, of this sample the research team managed to collect 380 household surveys in the zone. The initial plan was to collect data from all 4 pre-identified districts of the zone but 2 districts were affected by a volatile security situation: Yakshiid District was partially affected while Heliwaa District was entirely inaccessible to the data enumerators. Yakshiid district consists of 6 smaller subdivisions and it is one of the largest and most recently liberated districts of Mogadishu, secondly, it borders with Dayniile which still contains some active insurgent elements. District administration authorities advised that at least 3 out of 6 subdivisions of the district (Tawkal, Towfiiq and 1 da Luulyo) - neighbouring with Jidka Warshadaha - were also very volatile. Consequently researchers did not enter the subdivisions and 19 4
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Figure 1: Number of male and female respondents within districts<br />
Figure 2: Percentage of respondents within districts (by gender)<br />
1.4. Focus Groups Discussions<br />
The second research tool utilized was a series of Focus Group<br />
Discussions (FGDs) aimed at capturing participants’ perception on<br />
security and justice providers (formal and informal), governance<br />
providers and the dynamics and experiences of conflict and<br />
violence. The FGDs were conducted from the 3rd to 5th March at<br />
the OCVP’s office in Mogadishu and Ramaada Hotel; each discussion<br />
group lasted for about an hour.<br />
A total of eight groups were involved in the FGDs: Women, Men,<br />
Youth, Business Persons, Internally Displaced Persons, Religious<br />
Leaders, Traditional Elders and District Peace Committees with each<br />
group roughly consisting of 10 participants. Qualitative research<br />
participants were recruited from all districts including Heliwaa<br />
district.<br />
Four group discussions were moderated per day by 2 OCVP<br />
researchers over the course of 2 days. The moderators used FGD<br />
questionnaires to guide, but not limit, the scope of the discussion<br />
with the help of trained note takers who recorded both consensus<br />
and dissenting views in order to increase understanding of the<br />
subject under discussion.<br />
OCVP’s Mogadishu office recruited local organisers to assist in the<br />
recruitment of the participants, using criteria based on clan-lines,<br />
geographic coverage, social class, gender and age group.<br />
1.5. Key Informant Interviews<br />
The third tool utilised for data collection was personal interviews<br />
with key informants who possessed experiential knowledge about<br />
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