{"title":"Women’s Political Participation in Jordan: The Experiences of Female Candidates in the 2010 Parliamentary Elections","authors":"M. Pietrobelli","doi":"10.1179/1752726012Z.0000000003","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an overview of the current state of women’s participation in the Jordanian parliamentary system. Drawing on interviews with female candidates in the 2010 Parliamentary Elections, the reasons behind their candidacy, together with the obstacles they faced in running for office, are described and an assessment of the presence of women in politics is made.","PeriodicalId":222428,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of The Council for British Research in The Levant","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bulletin of The Council for British Research in The Levant","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1179/1752726012Z.0000000003","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This paper presents an overview of the current state of women’s participation in the Jordanian parliamentary system. Drawing on interviews with female candidates in the 2010 Parliamentary Elections, the reasons behind their candidacy, together with the obstacles they faced in running for office, are described and an assessment of the presence of women in politics is made.