Investigating the Impact of Women's Political, Social and Cultural Participation on Political Development in Markazi Province in 2006-2017

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Forozan Keyvanfar ¹ (Ph.D. student, Department of Sociology, Naraq Branch, Islamic Azad University, Naraq, Iran.)
Mohammad Hossein Pouriani ² (Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Naraq Branch, Islamic Azad University, Naraq, Iran.)
Hassan Khairi ³ (Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Naraq Branch, Islamic Azad University, Naraq, Iran.)

Received: 2022-11-01 Accepted : 2023-01-27 Published : 2022-04-21

Keywords: political development, political participation, Cultural Participation, Social Participation, women's,

Abstract :

By studying the participation of women in the history of societies, we find that women in most countries in different levels of participation، They did not have a major participation and their participation was usually at a low and middle level of political, social, cultural and economic activities, so it is necessary to examine the relationship between their presence and participation in different areas of society and its direct impact on political development. It is impossible for any society to achieve development without considering the conditions for women's participation. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of women's participation and political development in Markazi province during the period of 2006-2017. The research was conducted by survey and the cluster sampling method from the statistical population of 448226 adult women For 18 years, the sample size has been determined based on Cochran's formula of 383 people. As a result of examining and testing the hypotheses of this research with the help of valid documents and the results of testing the hypotheses, there is a significant and direct relationship between the dependent variables of women's political, cultural, social participation and political development. Whenever women have awareness, security, trust, social capital, gender justice in the family and society, they have had a serious and active participation in all the mentioned fields, following the growth of civil society and overcoming obstacles. Political development has been observed according to the available documents, women's participation in Markazi province in the mentioned decade,