A comparative study of women's political empowerment in South Caucasus countries from 2006-2021 by a new global Index.

Subject Areas : Woman and family

Mohammad Shohratifar ¹ , Nader Bohlooli ² , Mojtaba Ramazani ³ , Hosein Emari ⁴

1 - PhD Student in Public Administration, Comparative Orientation and Development, Bonab Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bonab, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Islamic Azad University, Bonab Branch, Bonab, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Bonab Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bonab, Iran.
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Bonab Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bonab, Iran.

Received: 2022-08-05 Accepted : 2023-06-20 Published : 2024-12-19

Keywords: political development, democracy, gender equality, Women', s political empowerment, V-DEM index,

Abstract :

Political empowerment of women is a social process for the development and progress of societies and is increasingly recognized as vital to modern governments. Scholars and scholars alike see inextricable links between women's political empowerment and its outcomes for women, children, and society as a whole. In this article, a qualitative method with a comparative approach is used. The comparative study is using descriptive-analytical method and the collection of sources is by documentary method. The first step is the description of the studied phenomenon, which is represented in documentary studies, and the second step is the process of comparing and matching and extracting differences and similarities. The findings show the movement of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the field of women's political empowerment, this country has maintained its status unchanged in this field from 2006 to 2021, although there has been no significant growth, but no significant decrease is observed either. The country of Armenia has started its growing process since 2006 and in 2020, despite the internal political crises and defeat in the Karabakh war, it has managed to leave Georgia behind.

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