NGO’s and Empowerment of Women in Iran and Bangladesh

Document Type : Original Article

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1 deputy governor ardakan

2 Member of the faculty of the Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly

3 member of the faculty of the university Meybod

4 Master of Propaganda and Cultural Communication, Baqer al-Uloom University

10.22081/scs.2019.69607

Abstract

The basis for NGO’s formation and gaining of power was based on reducing the powers of governments in various fields. One of the most important of these areas is the field of women and the issue of their legal empowerment. One of the countries that has achieved significant success in empowering women is Bangladesh. Accordingly, the main issue of this study is to examine the differences between Iran and Bangladesh in the legal empowerment of women in terms of NGO’s capacity. For this purpose, Margaret Schuler's theory of legal empowerment, using parts of Stephen Globe's theory, was used as the conceptual framework of this research. In this conceptual framework, data related to the research topic were analyzed using the documentary method. This study ultimately concluded that the main difference between Bangladesh and Iran is in the indicators of initiatives, content and demand. In Bangladesh, the NGOs have taken steps to change the content of the law by implementing targeted programs, and more importantly, adopted mechanisms to ensure the proper implementation of women's rights protection laws; but in Iran, these mechanisms have been marginalized or failed. The non-dependence of the NGOs in Bangladesh and the semi-governmental nature of the NGOs in Iran as well as their change in nature from reformer to supporter can be attributed as the base of these differences.

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