Investigating the coverage of basic indicators of feminism in newspapers attributed to the reform process (a case study from 1997 to 2001)

Subject Areas : Quarterly Journal of Woman and Society

Valiollah BarzegarKlishomi ¹ (Assistant Professor . Department of History and Civilization of Islamic Nations, Faculty of Islamic Sciences and Research, Imam Khomeini International University, Iran.)
Naeem Sherafat ² (PhD student, Department of History and Civilization of Islamic Nations, Faculty of Islamic Sciences and Research, Imam Khomeini International University, Iran.)

Received: 2020-03-03 Accepted : 2022-01-23 Published : 2022-01-21

Keywords: feminism, Iranian feminism, Iranian political parties, reformist newspapers, demands of Iranian women,

Abstract :

Abstract
 
Introduction: Emergence of the Reform Government in 1997 which gained political power through the slogan of political development and the expansion of civil liberties and by the significant participation of women in the electoral field, on the one hand, it has again raised and pursued the socio-political issues and demands of women with greater determination and at a wider level than in the past, and on the other hand, there is room for greater participation and participation of women in community affairs and government.
Methods: The main issue in the present study is coverage of the basic features of feminism in the newspapers attributed to the reform movement, which is a practical scientific method of analyzing the content of 8 titles of the leading newspapers in the period 1996 to 2000 And using the T test And two-way analysis of variance.
Findings: The findings show that despite developments in the field of women during this period, reformist newspapers still adopt a conservative approach and continue to have a patriarchal approach, focusing less on women's fundamental issues in politics, economics, society, art and media, the family, and the family , Education, legal affairs, sports and entertainment

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