Abstract
This study dealt with the most important difficulties that prevent Jordanian women participation in political life, the study used a purposive sample consisted of 80 pioneers women in north region governate for the year 2011. A questionnaire consisted of four aspects that covers the difficulties prevent Jordanian women from participating in political life .The following conclusions were drawn from this study: the social, the cultural difficulties are the most important factors that prevent Jordanian women participation in political life. Finally and in light of the results the study came up with some recommendations such as: working on the awareness of society to change its believes regarding women participation on political life and to work on improving the economical situation of the women (economical empowerment).
Highlights
The Jordanian woman forms a class that exceeds half of the population in which the Jordanian woman played a limited role in life aspects where the surrounding culture the traditional view at that time and the spread or illiteracy and ignorance were some of the challenges that faced Jordanian woman and presented her from rising her potential in occupying the administrative positions and practicing politics
This study aims to determine the difficulties for Jordanian woman participation in the political life within the family field which is one of the social services domains
First: what are the most important cultural and social difficulties that face the Jordanian woman participation in the political life from the view point of the pioneer woman? The following items had high means which make them the strongest cultural and social difficulties that limit the woman political participation on they are: The man doesn’t accept the woman to be administratively responsible for him. This reflects on the Jordanian woman participation in the political life and prevents her from the active participation
Summary
The Jordanian woman forms a class that exceeds half of the population in which the Jordanian woman played a limited role in life aspects where the surrounding culture the traditional view at that time and the spread or illiteracy and ignorance were some of the challenges that faced Jordanian woman and presented her from rising her potential in occupying the administrative positions and practicing politics. At the present time where the world is developing and man has endless ambition considering that the Jordanian society is unsupported from the world due to technology advancement and the development of communication means- the Jordanian woman seeked for democracy and achieving equality with the man which provided her equal opportunities in work and education, but these efforts were ineffective because of woman dependence and the masculine society culture under the traditional political systems given for men These systems under estimate woman administrative ability and her political participation when we speak about the reality of woman political participation, we don’t mean by that the parliament elections, the parliament membership or the ministry or any political position but we mean the activities that the woman carries out to change her circumstance. This study aims to: 1- Determine the most important social and cultural difficulties that face the Jordanian woman in the political participative
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