فصلنامه بین المللی ژئوپلیتیک

فصلنامه بین المللی ژئوپلیتیک

Women Political Participation in Persian Gulf Countries

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان
1 Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/igq.2025.497789.1997
چکیده
Political participation among the members of a political government is one of the most essential factors influencing efficiency and sustainability in such systems. In this regard, women as half of the workforce contributing in macro decision making can play an important role in political system development and efficiency. Thus, most countries to be in the direction of political development through different policies are trying to strengthen the women political participation in political decision making and power structure. Nevertheless, in Arab countries, women yet do not possess a suitable position in the field of politics and ministry arena. Thus, this study is seeking to find the answer to the question of what are the most influential factors in the limited number of women ministers in Persian Gulf Arab countries. To answer the research question, Delphi and Shannon techniques ware used and the researchers compiled the viewpoints of ten political experts in Arab countries. The findings revealed that the most important factor for the limited number of women ministers in such countries is "political” issues and then “cultural”, “social”, “economic”, and “personal” respectfully.
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عنوان مقاله English

Women Political Participation in Persian Gulf Countries

نویسندگان English

Jalil Dara 1
Elahe Sadeghi 2
1 Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.,
2 Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
چکیده English

Political participation among the members of a political government is one of the most essential factors influencing efficiency and sustainability in such systems. In this regard, women as half of the workforce contributing in macro decision making can play an important role in political system development and efficiency. Thus, most countries to be in the direction of political development through different policies are trying to strengthen the women political participation in political decision making and power structure. Nevertheless, in Arab countries, women yet do not possess a suitable position in the field of politics and ministry arena. Thus, this study is seeking to find the answer to the question of what are the most influential factors in the limited number of women ministers in Persian Gulf Arab countries. To answer the research question, Delphi and Shannon techniques ware used and the researchers compiled the viewpoints of ten political experts in Arab countries. The findings revealed that the most important factor for the limited number of women ministers in such countries is "political” issues and then “cultural”, “social”, “economic”, and “personal” respectfully.

کلیدواژه‌ها English

Women
Political Participation
Ministry
Arab Countries
Persian Gulf
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دوره 22، شماره 2
تابستان 1405
صفحه 226-245

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