Analytical-comparative study of Gender Indicators and Their Relationship with Good Governance

Mousavi, Marzieh; Ajami, Raziye

doi:10.22051/ijosed.2024.47259.1040

Analytical-comparative study of Gender Indicators and Their Relationship with Good Governance

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Marzieh Mousavi ¹
Raziye Ajami ²

¹ PhD in Sociology, Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences,and Economics , Department of Social Sciences, Al Zahra University

² Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics, AlZahra University, Tehran, Iran

10.22051/ijosed.2024.47259.1040

Abstract

This research seeks to analyze the gender equality indicators and their relationship with good governance indicators. The theoretical basis of research is gender and development approaches, Gender Mainstreaming, empowerment theories including the approaches of Nayla Kabir, Sarah Lange, Alsoup and Hinson, Depa Narayan, Inglehart and Amartya Sen, and, on the other hand, institutionalism approaches focusing on good governance theory. This research is based on the Secondary Analysis, using the World Bank data, the Human Development Report, and the Gender Gap Report of the World Economic Forum in to examin 144 countries. In order to analyze the information and causal relationships between variables, by using SPSS software, the countries were firstly classified according to the good governance score in three distinct clusters, then, for correlation between variables, Pearson correlation coefficient and also for variance analysis of variables, use regression Became.

According to the research findings, there is a significant relationship between good governance index and gender inequality index and six components of good governance have a positive correlation with four dimensions of gender inequality. In countries where the good governance index score is high, gender inequality declines. According to the regression equation analysis in three groups of countries grouped by cluster analysis, in the first group of countries, the component of speech and accountability and the control of corruption, in the second group the rule of law, and in the third group the component of political stability and inequality. Violence / terrorism enters the equation and explains gender inequality. Overall, one third (R2 = 0.36) of the changes in gender inequality across countries can be explained and explained by the components of good governance

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Main Subjects

Sociology of Development

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