Factors Suppressing Egyptian Women’s Participation in Public Affairs: Case Study of Egyptian Uprising 2011
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.61841/hfd3me27Keywords:
Public Affairs, Political Participation, Admin-political Apathy, Women, Uprising, Social Violence, Political Violence, Family ViolenceAbstract
Women in Egypt have been active participants in the public affairs in recent decades,
whichwas optimized during the Uprising of 2011. The purpose of this paper is to propose that
women’s participation has generated many forms of violence against them. This violence
would act as a deterrent factor for other females for participation causing a state of
avoidance among many females to avoid the negative consequences of their participation in
public affairs. Data are collected via questionnaires to explorewhether women’s
participation in the public spheregenerate violence against them and to what extent women
abstain from participation just to avoid potential violence. It was concluded that the various
forms of violence whether family-based violence, social violence, and political violence,are
the major reasonswhy Egyptian women avoid participation in politics and public affairs
which is defined in this paper as“admin-political apathy”. The research is based on original
empirical research targeting Egyptian women who are scolded for their participation in
politics and public affairs, which eventually results in their admin-political apathy. The paper
recommends that protecting women's civil rights by law is substantially effective in
withstanding violence directed towards them causing obvious exclusion of females from
political and public life.
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