أثر الكوتا النسائية على مشاركة المرأة الأردنية في قانون البلديات لعام 2007 م (بلدية رحاب الجديدة-المفرق)‎ : دراسة حالة

Abstract EN

This study tries to define and determine the nature of women quota in municipalities law no.

(14) of the year 2007, and to know its effect on Jordanian women's participation at municipality voting for 2007 at New Rehab Municipality, and conclude some inference could help the policies decision makers, to Yegislateon laws at this field, by concentrating on how far the municipality laws extent Jordanian women for voting, and candidacy to presidency and municipality council membership.

This study concluded some results: 1.

The municipality law no.

14 of 2007 gave women the right to vote.

2.

The women quota at municipality law positively reflects on women's participating in voting, as numbers of candidate and winners.

3.

The women quota encourages the clan to allow women as candidate to municipality council membership beside men.

4.

Applying the women quota with this property leads to increase the women's chances to which candidate in low habitant constituency, and decrease women's chances whom candidate in high habitant constituency.

This study recommended dilation working with the women quota at municipality's law, to guarantee women participation in decision-making.