ECONOMIC IMPEDIMENTS TO WOMEN POLITICAL STATUS IN DISTRICT DIR LOWER KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN

Abstract

The major objective of the present study was to find out economic impediments to women political status in District Dir Lower Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Pakistan. A sample size of 186 (Political office bearers) of different political organization was randomly selected from total population 714 from three selected Tehsils including, Adenzai, Samarbagh &Timergara. The data was analyzed through frequency and percentage distribution. Moreover, dependent variable was indexed and cross tabulated with independent variable. Chi-square test statistics was applied to ascertain the relationship between dependent and independent variable respectively. The study explored that, a highly significant (P=0.000) association existed between control over family resources by a male has negatively affected women status(P=0.000) , women are mostly dependent on male in economic domain(P=0.000), bread owner’s duty is assigned to male members of a society(P=0.000), women are asked to do household chores which is often overlooked to be payable(P=0.000), poverty impedes women from political participation(P=0.000) lack of economic sources by female are one of the reason of their indictment(P=0.000), women can’t campaign without men’s well in economic and social terms(P=0.000) and women wage work is to be encouraged by men in Pukhtun society (P=0.000) with women political status. The study concluded that male were enjoying a complete hegemony right from household management to political participation, and the study also extended some of the recommendations.