Qualitative content analysis of parliament acts with a focus on women(1376-1379)

Subject Areas : Quarterly Journal of Woman and Society

elham sharifi ¹ , soroush fathi ² , Khadijeh Safiri ³

1 - Ph.D. Student in Political Sociology, Department of Sociology, Central Tehran unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Associate professor of sociology, faculty of humanities, west tehran branch, islamic azad university, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Full Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics, AlZahra University, Tehran, Iran.)

Received: 2020-10-23 Accepted : 2022-05-23 Published : 2022-06-22

Keywords: Women, Gender justice, Gender equality, parliament acts,

Abstract :

Qualitative content analysis of parliament acts with a focus on women

Elham Sharifi , Soroush Fathi , Mohammad Ali Mohammadi Gharehghani , Khadijeh Safiri

Abstract

The quality of life of different social groups is a function of the laws and policies of society. How governments address issues related to women is one of the most important factors influencing women's living conditions and quality of life. The present study was conducted with the aim of reviewing the approvals of the Iranian government board from 1997 to 2017 in the field of women's issues.
The method used in this study was qualitative content analysis. The mentioned approvals were analyzed and reviewed in MAXQDA2020 software in three stages of open, axial and selective coding. In order to validate the data, review of studies and the techniques of obtaining parallel information and trinity, data analysis were used and, Kappa agreement coefficient was used to obtain reliability, which was confirmed with a reliability of 0.68.
Results: After analyzing the data,Four main themes were extracted: inequality in divorce-related rights, supporting the charter of women's rights, gender equality in the privileges of certain groups, and the reinforcement of traditional roles of women. The extracted model shows that the acts emphasize strengthening of traditional roles of women.

Keywords: parliament acts, women, gender justice, gender equality.

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