المرأة و العمل التطوعي في الأردن : واقع و تحديات (دراسة ميدانية لعينة من المتطوعات في مدينة عمان)‎

Abstract EN

This study aims to identify the reality of voluntary participation of Jordanian women by monitoring the motivation of women towards volunteering, and showing the obstacles that prevent the exercise of volunteering and the relationship of volunteerism to the feminist movement in Jordan, and examine the demographic characteristics of women volunteers.

To achieve the goals of the study, the qualitative research method was used, through 25 in-depth individual interviews of women volunteers in various fields in the city of Amman, by using the objective sample method and analyzing it in the light of qualitative analysis procedures.

The study concluded that social and psychological motives are the most prominent motivations of women towards the practice of volunteerism, which is represented by the building of new social relations to achieve exchange experiences and benefits, enhance their self-confidence, its entry into the public.

Showing that the cultural system and the stereotypical image of women are the main obstacles to their voluntary participation.

While the study found that women are more likely to practice volunteer work than men, whether they are workers or non-workers with different age groups.