South Asian Studies, Vol 30, No 2 (2015)

Font Size:  Small  Medium  Large

Female Political Participation in South Asia: a Case Study of Pakistan

Arfan Latif, Dr. Ahmed Usman, Jafar Riaz Kataria, Muhammad Abdullah

Abstract


The objective of the current study is to find out the male’s perception about female political participation. Prior researchers in this area were mostly quantitative hence the current study is a qualitative study to get an in-depth understanding of the phenomenon. This study used purposive sampling technique and the findings of the study are based on 20 in-depth interviews and 2 focus group discussions. The study concluded that religious, economic and patriarchal mind-set is the main factors that hinder women in the field of politics. The findings of the current study can be effectively used to make women participate in a more productive way by increasing the awareness at the grass root level and by making appropriate policies and the national level.

Full Text: PDF

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.