Opinion of the Female Voters Regarding Female Deprivation of Vote Casting in Southern Punjab, Pakistan
Abstract
Female right to vote casting are being compromised because of the changing trends in the political institution of Pakistan. Majority of the female gender is facing discrimination on social, economic cultural and political grounds in many areas of Pakistan especially in southern Punjab. The current research finds out patriarchal structure in southern Punjab subjugated female in all sphere of life. This results in the social and religious restrictions of female towards vote casting. Females from three divisions of southern Punjab including Multan, Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan were the population of this research study. A sample of 750 female participants has been selected as a sample size through stratified sampling technique but the information was collected from 600 female respondents due to the cultural restrictions for them. Social norms and values of our society must facilitate female counterpart towards their social economic political as well as cultural rights
Authors
Imran jamil
Ph. D Scholar, Department of Sociology, University of Karachi, Pakistan
Dr. Kausar Parveen
Associate professor, Department of Sociology, University of Karachi, Pakistan
Amir Jamil
Ph. D. Scholar, Area Study centre Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan