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WOMENS PARTICIPATION IN PAKISTANS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS A HISTORICAL REVIEW 19701997

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-I).01      10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-I).01      Published : Mar 2022

Women's Participation in Pakistan's National Assembly Elections: A Historical Review (1970-1997)

Abstract

    This article aims to discuss women's political participation in the context of the country's electoral history. Additionally, it discusses barriers that have had an unembellished consequence on women's participation in the elections in the past. Women's representation in legislatures remained low, which led to the absence of their voices in the political affairs of the country. Gender and politics study in Pakistan has centered on the participation and representation of women in legislatures since 2002. It is critical to analyze women's participation in elections prior to 2002 to comprehend the contribution made by those female politicians who took part in elections under unusual circumstances. The people of Pakistan have elected a female prime minister twice prior to 2002.Because of the efforts of those women legislators, Pakistan currently has a better level of female representation in both the national and provincial legislatures, respectively.

    Elections, Political Participation, Gender and Politics, Female leaders, and Political Affairs

    (1) Sher Muhammad
    DAAD Postdoctoral Fellow, The Center for Transdisciplinary Gender Studies (ZtG), University of Humboldt Berlin, Germany
    (2) Quratull ain Abbas
    Lecturer, Department of Government and Public Policy, National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Waris
    Assistant Professor, Department of History, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Muhammad, S., Abbas, Q. a., & Waris, M. (2022). Women's Participation in Pakistan's National Assembly Elections: A Historical Review (1970-1997). Global Political Review, VII(I), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-I).01

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Muhammad, Sher, Quratull ain Abbas, and Muhammad Waris. 2022. "Women's Participation in Pakistan's National Assembly Elections: A Historical Review (1970-1997)." Global Political Review, VII (I): 1-10 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-I).01

HARVARD

    HARVARD : MUHAMMAD, S., ABBAS, Q. A. & WARIS, M. 2022. Women's Participation in Pakistan's National Assembly Elections: A Historical Review (1970-1997). Global Political Review, VII, 1-10.

MHRA

    MHRA : Muhammad, Sher, Quratull ain Abbas, and Muhammad Waris. 2022. "Women's Participation in Pakistan's National Assembly Elections: A Historical Review (1970-1997)." Global Political Review, VII: 1-10

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    MLA : Muhammad, Sher, Quratull ain Abbas, and Muhammad Waris. "Women's Participation in Pakistan's National Assembly Elections: A Historical Review (1970-1997)." Global Political Review, VII.I (2022): 1-10 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Muhammad, Sher, Abbas, Quratull ain, and Waris, Muhammad (2022), "Women's Participation in Pakistan's National Assembly Elections: A Historical Review (1970-1997)", Global Political Review, VII (I), 1-10

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Muhammad, Sher, Quratull ain Abbas, and Muhammad Waris. "Women's Participation in Pakistan's National Assembly Elections: A Historical Review (1970-1997)." Global Political Review VII, no. I (2022): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-I).01