scientific journal Political Sociology of the Islamic Revolution

Sociological investigation of women's political participation (Case study of Iran after the revolution, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Reza Safaei 1
Zohra Poustin Chi 2
gharineh keshishyan siraki 3
Seyyed Abdul Amir Nabavi 4

1 Ph.D. student of Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Science, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professorm Department of International Relations, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

4 Associate Professor, Department of Regional Studies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract
Women's political participation has always been one of the challenging issues that political systems have faced in recent decades, and despite the fact that countries have made remarkable progress in this matter and a suitable platform for their presence in the public sphere. provided, some have appeared in the public arena only due to social requirements and especially due to political considerations. For this purpose, the present article aims to investigate the role and political participation of women in the process of political development in the countries of Iran, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia, and also based on the type and extent of representation of this role and the reasons for the diminution and the partial emphasis of this role, in search of an answer to this The basic question is "what factors have affected the political participation of women in the countries of Iran, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia in the last two decades (2000-2020)?". This article has investigated the political participation of women in the three mentioned countries with a comparative approach and a descriptive-analytical method. The results indicate that political culture, legal structure and party structure in these three countries have limited women's political participation. And in this regard, against this situation, women have made their political struggles to gain their political and social rights.

Keywords

political participation
political culture
political parties
institutional.legal construction
political development
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scientific journal Political Sociology of the Islamic Revolution
Volume 3, Issue 4 - Serial Number 12
Winter 2023
Pages 209-231

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