Sociological Study of the Cultural Obstructions to Womenas Political Participation in Pakistan

Sociological Study of the Cultural Obstructions to Womenas Political Participation in Pakistan

Arab Naz

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Umar Daraz

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Waseem Khan

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Tariq Khan

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University of Malakand

University of Swabi

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Women’s historic exclusion from political structures and processes is the result of multiple structural, functional and personal factors that vary in different social contexts across countries. Political empowerment is among the key issues in third world in general and in pakistan in particular. Despite the fact that there are 33% reserved seats available in both the national and local bodies or electoral college, but due to social and cultural milieu, the participation of female is comparatively meager to male. The current study is an attempt to analyze those cultural barriers, which obstruct female participation and make them disempowered in their political decision making. The study is conducted in ramora village where the data is collected from 150 respondents selected through purposive sampling using semistructure interview schedule. A quantitative approach is utilized with the help of spss (bivariate analysis, chi-square, lambda, gamma and correlation tests) in order to analyze data while the discussion is made-up upon the frequency, percentage, pictorial forms.

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Arab Naz. 2012. \u201cSociological Study of the Cultural Obstructions to Womenas Political Participation in Pakistan\u201d. Global Journal of Human-Social Science - C: Sociology & Culture GJHSS-C Volume 12 (GJHSS Volume 12 Issue C11).

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Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/GJHSS

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conservatism domestic involvement feudalism Pakhtun codes Patriarchy political empowerment women

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