Women's Rights and Democratization

Abstract

This academic research investigates women's rights and democratization, and the purpose of this paper is (a) to study the rights and freedoms of women in the people's sector under democratic governance (b) to study the rights of women in politics under democratic governance. This research points out that in some countries, women's civil rights are still restricted, such as the right to be educated, to express their opinions, to join certain religions, and women are viewed as second-class citizens. In contrast, due to social acceptance of equality, women in some countries have the same rights as men in terms of education, work opportunities, and life freedom. However, in accordance with women's right to lead a country in democratic governance, it is found that some women were elected to serve in important positions at the national leadership level. Furthermore, some women are able to hold office for longer periods of time, and others have been elected to two or three terms, demonstrating women's political and leadership roles. However, we can observe that the political ratio between men and women shows that women hold three times less political office than men. Considering that the problem of women's rights arises entirely from societal values, confidence, and acceptance of women's abilities, depriving them of full freedom. Therefore, this academic research provides recommendations for the promotion of women's rights that should begin with a shift in social attitudes to give greater importance to women's rights and to identify the seat of women who will take up office in politics, as well as encouraging women to run for office in order to achieve human rights and gender equality.