Abstract
Objective: The present study seeks to make a comparative study of women's political participation in the Islamic Republic compared to other Islamic countries and regions. Political participation in this study is beyond mass participation based on participation in electoral processes and voting or participating in demonstrations, but effective participation of women in managerial and executive position and decision-making processes.
Method: The method used in this research is descriptive - explanatory using statistical data from reliable domestic and international sources such as the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the World Economic Forum, the United Nations Development Program, as well as statistics of domestic institutions and organizations such as the Vice President for Women.
Finding: In this regard, the present study is divided into two parts. In the first part, some effective factors underpinning women's political participation, including educational and training factors, economic variables including women's gross national income, as well as women’s occupational and employment status and finally security backgrounds as an Important factor in women's political participation is examined. In the second part, the women’s political participation status in the form of elite is examined by two indicators, the number of women parliamentary seats, and also the women's political empowerment index, which is a more complete indicator than parliamentary seats.
Conclusion: The results show that despite some appropriate contextual factors among Iranian women, including higher education, acceptable presence in the economic and productive sectors, as well as improving in their security backgrounds and the middle position of them among Muslim countries women in terms of this variable.but, the level of their political participation is less than expected and acceptable and is in the bottom ranks.
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