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AFGHAN MIGRANT WOMEN IN POLITICS OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO CIVIC PARTICIPATION IN HOST COUNTRIES

10 Pages : 100-108

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2024(IX-IV).10      10.31703/gsr.2024(IX-IV).10      Published : Dec 2024

Afghan Migrant Women in Politics: Overcoming Barriers to Civic Participation in Host Countries

    The study investigates systemic restrictions blocking Afghan migrant women from engaging in political processes in Germany, the USA, and Iran. Wearers of cultural limitations through gender regulations face language complexity while traditional social requirements maintain women in classic marginalization while institutional processes enact discriminatory rules and lack of political participation barriers prevent civic engagement. The analysis demonstrates how patriarchal structures, along with built-in discriminatory frameworks, generate sustained exclusion patterns through the application of constructivist and feminist theories. Studies show that leadership development programs built in local communities when combined with political mentoring services and gender-specific administrative reform in child care and immigration systems, achieve maximum impact. The participation of Afghan women will increase substantially by integrating grassroots activity with reforms to structural institutions. The research results of this study serve as foundational information for legislative and civilian institutions to build programs enabling Afghan women's civic development and inclusive equality.

    Afghan Migrant Women, Political Participation, Sociocultural Barriers, Institutional Barriers, Gender-Sensitive Policies
    (1) Haris Nawaz
    BS Graduate, Department of Political Science, Government College University Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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Cite this article

    CHICAGO : Nawaz, Haris. 2024. "Afghan Migrant Women in Politics: Overcoming Barriers to Civic Participation in Host Countries." Global Sociological Review, IX (IV): 100-108 doi: 10.31703/gsr.2024(IX-IV).10
    HARVARD : NAWAZ, H. 2024. Afghan Migrant Women in Politics: Overcoming Barriers to Civic Participation in Host Countries. Global Sociological Review, IX, 100-108.
    MHRA : Nawaz, Haris. 2024. "Afghan Migrant Women in Politics: Overcoming Barriers to Civic Participation in Host Countries." Global Sociological Review, IX: 100-108
    MLA : Nawaz, Haris. "Afghan Migrant Women in Politics: Overcoming Barriers to Civic Participation in Host Countries." Global Sociological Review, IX.IV (2024): 100-108 Print.
    OXFORD : Nawaz, Haris (2024), "Afghan Migrant Women in Politics: Overcoming Barriers to Civic Participation in Host Countries", Global Sociological Review, IX (IV), 100-108
    TURABIAN : Nawaz, Haris. "Afghan Migrant Women in Politics: Overcoming Barriers to Civic Participation in Host Countries." Global Sociological Review IX, no. IV (2024): 100-108. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2024(IX-IV).10