Report on The Progress of the political participation of women

It is a well-known fact that politics is an important tool for people to get their rights with the help of power, which they can have due to political advancements. So, it is quite important to strengthen the political participation of women because women are actually marginalized in every field of life including politics. There are different factors in every part of the world, which restricts women from taking part in a dynamic field like politics. Some parts of the world have cultural barriers, some have educational barriers, and some of the regions lack resources, capacity and willingness to help women to grow in their lives. The majority of societies are male-dominated societies, where women are oppressed in every aspect. They are not allowed to make decisions about their lives from early childhood, and their fate is decided by the men in the family. If the world has to achieve gender equality at any level, then it is imperative to ensure that women participation in the politics is welcomed and encouraged, and they are given equal opportunities to grow like men as political leaders, otherwise, the goals and objectives to end gender inequality would never be achieved (DiLanzo, 2016)

It is important to see what challenges women face in the developing world, which not only hinders their political participation but also lowered their performance if they are somehow able to participate in the country’s politics. It is great to see a relevant research study, which has examined the issue with relevant challenges as well as opportunities in Ethiopia, a third world country. The main objective of the study was to analyze what kind of challenges as well as opportunities are there for Ethiopian women with regards to politics in their country. Afte

analyzing a variety of secondary research data, considerable findings were made. The results showed that there are different elements, which play their part in a lower level of political participation such as cultural, social, religious as well as economic elements. These elements are creating great challenges for Ethiopian women to choose politics as their career path. But the results of the study also came with some considerable opportunities as well. It was found that if women are allowed to participate in politics, then they are better able to address their concerns and issues regarding women’s rights and equality. The political participation allows them to participate in the decision-making process, where they can make laws which ensure and promote gender equality in every field of life (Kassa, 2015)

If an effort is made to look at different causes behind the inefficiency of female politicians to perform well for their own rights, then there would be so many things to discuss in this regard. The female politicians are not able to make a considerable influence because they are still dependent on reserve quotas and seats to get representation in the forums like parliaments. For instance, if a woman comes into the parliament or any law-making body with the help of her political party, who gives her the reserved seat, then what options a female politician has? Can she go against the line taken by her own party; can she differ from the decisions of her party? And answer to these questions would be “no” because she has no moral authority to do so. The seat is given to her by the party, and if she would disagree with her party, then she may lose her seat, and it may be given to someone else who is ready to remain in the decorum of the political party. So, what does it mean? It means that women are not given a full opportunity to exercise their political powers, because their participation is not made on the parameters of men, rather they are given political favors, and so women don’t have enough things in their hands. This is

how women are restricted, whereas a more nuanced approach is needed, if women have to make part of political decision-making process (Slaughter & Binda, 2018)

It is important to understand that the developed world is still struggling with the issue of gender inequality, and it has been a hard path to walk for them in terms of increasing gender equality in every field of life. The overall issue is the mindset of society. The society has many issues with regards to females because they're brought up is done differently as compared to men. Different gender roles are assigned to girls from their early age, which is the beginning of disparity between men and women. The girls are not allowed to certain things, which men are allowed to do. Seemingly, females are not welcomed to embrace certain fields, whereas men do not face such kind of issues. Moreover, male dominant societies are another bigger cause of gender inequality because men are considered superior to women in so many ways.

If stakeholders are looking to deal with the issue of gender inequality so that gender gaps can be decreased and more gender equality is brought in, then they will have to look at the cause of the problem. One big cause is the patriarchal mindset, which oppresses women in so many ways. It has been observed that women do face issues in the sports field and resisted by the patriarchal ideology, which stops them to openly participate in different kind of sports. It is true that things have improved a lot when the past is analyzed because the situation was too bad. Now, various improvements have been made in all parts of the world because women are being encouraged to participate in every sphere of life. The women are joining different fields such as sports or aviation, which was male-dominated. But this change and growth are extremely slow, and if significant results have to be taken, then big measures would have to be taken in this regard. All the stakeholders have to sit together and derive a policy on local as well as the global level that how to promote women in every field including politics because they are a large section