Princesses, Concubines and Qahramanat under the ‘Abbasids: Gender and Politics, 749–1055

2019 ◽  
pp. 75-141
Author(s):  
Taef El-Azhari
Keyword(s):  
Women In Politics ◽  
Gender And Politics ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
Queen Mother

In this chapter, one examines the rise of concubines to power, and becomes de facto ruler of the empire as royal mothers. One analyse the authority of Queenship described by N. Abbott, and the term queen mother applied by H. Kennedy, which is more favourable. One see the power of concubine Khayzuran who killed her son, the caliph and replace him with another, al-Rashid. She became the de facto ruler for three years. Also the phenomenal concubine, Shaghab in 10th century who ruled in the name of her boy caliph. That is with the network of allies, like Qahramanas. For example, Um Musa who ousted the vizier, and Thumal who took the unprecedented judicial post of Nazar al-Mazalim. In addition, queen mother allied with the eunuch commander of the army to protect her son’s interests. One do criticize the gendered opinion of F. El-Mernissi who described the age as (revolution of the harem) which is far from historical analyses and facts. The chapter examines in detail, the changing opinion of rulers about the participation of women in politics, and how public in general, and chroniclers in particular perceived such role.

scholarly journals Do Women Represent Women? An Analysis of Bills Introduced by Women Members of the National Assembly of Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-70
Author(s):  
Shehla Gul ◽  
Prof. Dr Naushad Khan ◽  
Nasir Khan
Keyword(s):  
Policy Making ◽  
Women In Politics ◽  
National Assembly ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
The Impact

This study is an attempt to evaluate the impact of the presence of women in the National Assembly of Pakistan. It analyses the effect of the inclusion of women in the legislative bodies on the policies and laws of the country. With increasing demand and participation of women in politics the question of the impact of women presence in the legislative bodies arises. This study makes an analysis of the bills introduced by women members in the National Assembly and categorizes it under different headings. The study concludes that women members were more interested in resolving issues of women and piloted women related agenda to the floor of the house but this concern does not ensures any substantive change in policy making due to the influence of other variables i.e. method of election on reserved seats for women and party affiliations etc.

scholarly journals Women in politics in Kenya: an analysis of participation and barriers

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1506
Author(s):  
Maxwell Peprah Opoku ◽  
Beatrice Anyango ◽  
Beatrice Atim Alupo
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Political Development ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Environment ◽  
Women In Politics ◽  
Allocation Of Resources ◽  
Sociological Perspective ◽  
Political Arena ◽  
Gender Parity ◽  
Participation Of Women

Women constitute more than half of the world’s population but their representation in the political arena has consistently been lower compared to men. Since representation is important in the allocation of resources, laws have been passed to guarantee gender parity in decision-making. In Kenya, the 2010 Constitution introduced a two-third gender rule to enhance parity in legislative bodies at both lower and national legislative bodies. From a sociological perspective, this paper assessed the extent of participation of women in the political development of Kenya. The qualitative study used interviews to analyse the contribution of women in politics. In all, 30 key informants, made up of 11 males and 19 females, were purposively recruited for the study. The study found that there were hindrances to women’s effective political participation which included; political environment characterized by violence propaganda, discrimination based on gender and lack of support from fellow women. The study and its implication for policymaking has been discussed extensively.

scholarly journals Partisipasi Politik Perempuan Perspektif Hukum Islam

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Sri Warjiyati
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Equal Opportunity ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Political Organization ◽  
The Political ◽  
Women In Politics ◽  
Political Awareness ◽  
Participation Of Women

Abstract: This article discusses political participation of women from the perspective of Islamic law.  In paricular, it will highlights a women political organization called KPPI (Kaukus Politik Perempuan Indonesia or Indonesian political women caucus).  There are obstacles and challenges for improving women political participation due to personal, internal and external issues. For personal issues, the political awareness for women is relatively low which needs improvement. For internal perspective, not all available political parties gives space and opportunity for women political development, whereas externally, the improvement of women political participation is so limited that they do not participate in politics and do politics correctly. Islam provides equal opportunity for men and women in politics. This can be seen in many sex-neutral injunctions in the Holy Qur’an which commands amar ma’ruf nahi munkar (promote the good and prevent the evil).  This command encompasses all aspects of life, including politics and state issues. Women are also responsible in this respect. Based on that, Islam provide ground for women to actively in politics. Keywords: women political participation, Islamic Law   Abstrak: Artikel ini membahas tentang partisipasi politik perempuan perspektif hukum Islam. Partisipasi politik perempuan di Indonesia tergabung pada Kaukus Politik Perempuan Indonesia (KPPI). Terdapat berbagai hambatan dan tantangan dalam upaya peningkatan partisipasi politik perempuan, baik secara personal, internal maupun eksternal. Secara personal, kesadaran berpolitik bagi perempuan relatif masih rendah, sehingga perlu ditingkatkan. Dari sisi internal, belum semua partai memberikan ruang dan kesempatan bagi pengembangan politik perempuan, sedangkan secara eksternal, peningkatan partisipasi politik perempuan masih mengalami banyak keterbatasan, sehingga perempuan masih relatif rendah untuk masuk dalam politik dan berpolitik secara benar. Islam memberikan kesempatan kepada kaum perempuan yang berkecimpung dalam kegiatan politik, ini bisa terlihat pada banyak ayat dalam al-Qur’an yang memerintahkan amar ma’ruf nahi munkar. Ini berlaku untuk segala macam kegiatan, tidak terkecuali dalam bidang politik dan kenegaraan. Perempuan juga turut bertanggungjawab dalam hal ini. Berdasarkan hal tersebut, maka perempuan dalam Islam juga memiliki hak untuk berpartisipasi dalam politik. Kata Kunci: partisipasi, politik, perempuan, hukum Islam.

Nepalese Women in Politics: Opportunities and Challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-93
Author(s):  
Omi Gurung
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
State Level ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Women In Politics ◽  
Political Arena ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
The Family ◽  
Level Process ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Philosophically women are like goddesses but in practice, there are some misinterpretations in Nepal. Women have been designated secondary to their male counterparts, especially in the decision-making process, be it at the family level or community level, or the national/ international political context. To find out the opportunities and challenges of women in politics in Nepal, the study has selected purposively 15 leading women of Nepalese political parties. The qualitative data were collected through a semi-structured questionnaire and interview.  Equity for females in the political arena has been discussed quite a lot, and in Nepal too this is a burning issue. The legal instruments, including the Constitution, have the provision for bringing in female participation in the state-level process. But the roles and participation of women in the decision-making process are considerable.

scholarly journals THE IMPORTANCE OF GENDER EQUALITY IN MAINTAINING SOCIAL JUSTICE AND WOMEN’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIETIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 02 (06) ◽  
pp. 49-52
Author(s):  
Oydinoy Marat Qizi Ergasheva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Women In Politics ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
The Right ◽  
Greek Scholar ◽  
The City ◽  
Do So

Although we have information about the unique participation of women in politics in every period of human history, it is the truth that the right and opportunity to do so in public administration does not apply to every woman in society and is not guaranteed by legal norms. Ancient Greek poets, such as Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato, referred to the city as the best state in which equality and justice reigned in society. as the best laws, they also put forward laws that guaranteed everyone equality. Applying the idea of equality between men and women in his writings, the Greek scholar Antifont stated, "Nature creates all: women and men equally, but people develop laws that make people unequal." Abu Nasr al-Farabi, one of the encyclopedic scholars of the East, in his City of Noble People, described a state that ruled equality as a state that aspired to virtue recognized as entitled.

scholarly journals Gender and Politics: Gender Balance as a Panacea to a Credible and Successful Election

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Hyginus Obinna Ogbonna ◽  
Chidi Slessor Mbah ◽  
Monica O. Imoudu
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Women In Politics ◽  
Gender And Politics ◽  
Democratic Culture ◽  
Gender Balance ◽  
Sub Saharan

This paper focuses on Gender Balance as a Panacea to a Credible and Successful Election, having as its raison d’être: to review the concept of gender balance and appropriate its implications towards achieving a credible and successful election required for the existence of human centered development process in sub-Saharan Africa, with Nigeria as a case study. Thus, the paper achieves its goal by adopting a qualitative descriptive method of analysis as it examines qualitatively: the urgency for the crusade on gender balance; the inter-linkages between gender balance and a credible-successful election. A few theoretical orientations were employed to mediate for a proper epistemic extrapolations and reconstructions to explaining gender balance as a panacea to a credible and successful election: these include, the notion of Social Contract, the notion of Democratic Culture, and the notion of Participatory Electoral Process. The paper made some findings, a few of these include: 1) there is the tendency in the sub-Saharan African socio-political cultural practice, Nigeria in particular, to socially exclude women in politics because the female gender has been judged first of all from sexuality point of view as a second class gender rather than seeing women, first of all, as humans, hence entitled to human rights for which right to political participation is inclusive. 2) There is a correlation between gender balance and a credible-successful election, and the absence of the former reproduces a negative outcome in the latter. The paper therefore concludes that strict observance of gender balance is a sine qua non for a credible-successful election conducive for human centered development process. It thus recommends for the total commitment of government to democratic culture by mainstreaming women in politics, inter alia.   Received: 27 July 2021 / Accepted: 15 October 2021 / Published: 5 November 2021

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