The role of women's political participation in cultural and social development in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Development is a comprehensive process with economic, social, political and cultural dimensions. Political development has an ideological and ethnic load more than other concepts. One of the dimensions of political development is political participation. Women make up 50% of the population. In our country, the failure to achieve full political participation of women has obstacles beyond the law and policies; Since increasing the participation of all members of the society is one of the main means of achieving development, and also because men cannot adequately defend the interests of women, women's participation in all political activities is a necessity as much as possible. He said that if women are considered a minority in the political field, democracy is incomplete. Women's political participation does not mean women's participation in elections and marches and various religious and ideological ceremonies, but participation means that women have a decisive and decision-making role in all democratic institutions, if there are still some political duties. And culture is determined by gender. In this article, using a library method, it is tried to explain the dimensions of the influence of women's political participation in cultural and social development and provide solutions to increase political participation.