Role of Political Participation in Women’s Empowerment at Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Authors

  • Azizullah Jan University of Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Hussain University of Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Ihsan Ullah Khan University of Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Abid Ali Hazara University, Mansehra Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52131/pjhss.2020.0801.0099

Keywords:

Women Participation in Politics, Women Empowerment, Awareness

Abstract

Political participation one of the important factor of empowerment and creates awareness among females about their rights in a society. The current study was carried out on “The role of political participationinwomen’s empowerment at Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”.sample size for the data collection was 200 respondents.  Data were collected from 200 respondents while applying the criteria designed by Sekaran,  aging of the respondents (15-49) who were belonging to two union councils: Behlola and Mohammad Nari of district Charsadda through simple random sampling technique. The interview schedule was used for the data collection. Structured and semi-structured questions were included in the interview schedule. After collection, the data were processed through SPSS and tabulated as well as presented in percentages and frequencies for better understanding. Chi-square test was used for measuring the association between independent variable and dependent variables. The study findings suggested that change in female formal literacy can transfer about better awareness and self-confidence. The study also recommends the significant involvement of government and non-government agencies for activating women clusters, as well as increasing women awareness level, political participation awareness, and learning skills. The study findings suggested that a woman leader can better empower women in the future, as well as a female candidate, can better solve their problems as compared to male.

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Author Biographies

Azizullah Jan, University of Peshawar, Pakistan

Department of Sociology.

Muhammad Hussain, University of Peshawar, Pakistan

M.Phil Scholar, Department of Sociology.

Ihsan Ullah Khan, University of Peshawar, Pakistan

Department of Sociology.

Abid Ali, Hazara University, Mansehra Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Lecturer in Sociology.

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Published

2020-03-31

How to Cite

Jan, A., Hussain, M., Khan, I. U., & Ali, A. (2020). Role of Political Participation in Women’s Empowerment at Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 8(1), 23–27. https://doi.org/10.52131/pjhss.2020.0801.0099

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